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prof. dr. Eric Bartelsman


Full Professor, School of Business and Economics, Economics

, Tinbergen Institute

Personal information

Eric Bartelsman (1960) is Professor of Economics at Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. He holds a BS from MIT and a PhD from Columbia University. Prior to his appointment at VU in 2000, he served as economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC, as advisor to CPB Netherlands, and as Head of Economic Research at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands. In 2007 and 2008 he was a member of the Netherlands Council of Economic Advisors (REA), in 2012-13 he was non-resident Fellow of DG ECFin and from 2013-17 he was a Research Visitor at the ECB. His teaching ranges from first-year lectures to PhD seminars. His research interests are in the area of productivity growth, both from a micro and macro vantage point, and have led to publications in top journals. Bartelsman is a Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and IZA Bonn.

Research

Determinants of Productivity
Firm dynamics and factor (re)allocation

Teaching

Macro Principles; Advanced Macro (MSc); Frictions and Resource Allocation (TI)

Ancillary activities
  • Halle Institute for Economic Research | Halle (Saale) | Adviseur | 2023-01-01 - 2027-12-31
  • De Nederlandsche Bank | Amsterdam | Lid Bankraad | 2024-09-15 - present
  • Raad van State | Den Haag | Expertisekring Miljoenennota | 2025-05-15 - 2028-05-16

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prof. dr. Eric Bartelsman

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