Steven Brakman is Professor of International Economics at the University of Groningen, The
Netherlands and Professor of German Studies at the University of Nijmegen, The
Netherlands. He was born in the
political capital of Holland, The Hague. He studied economics at the University of Groningen where he graduated in 1981.
His first working experience was at the Research Department of the Central Bank of the Netherlands, working mainly on monetary
issues. He returned to the University of Groningen in 1984 to work on his Ph D, which was finished in 1991. He has a wide range of
research interests, encompassing international economics, economic growth, geographical economics, development
economics, and macroeconomics. Together with Harry Garretsen he participated (and acted!) in two documentaries for Dutch
television; one on the economics of QWERTY (in which also Paul Krugman starred) and one on Keynes.
Charles van Marrewijk is Professor of Economics at
Utrecht
University, The Netherlands, specializing in International Economics
and Economic Growth & Agglomeration. Born in Het Westland, the Dutch
horticultural center, in 1959 as the fifth child in a catholic family with nine
children, he studied horticulture and worked as a grower before studying
economics in Holland at Erasmus University Rotterdam (BA and MA) and in the United States at Purdue University (MSc and PhD). He worked at the University of
Groningen for three years before returning to Erasmus University from 1990-2008. He has a wide range of
research interests, encompassing international economics, economic growth,
geographical economics, development economics, and macroeconomics. Charles van
Marrewijk has published in various journals, including Applied Economics, Review
of World Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Regional Science, International
Journal of Industrial Organization, History of Political Economy, Journal of International Economics,
Energy Policy, Journal of Development Economics, Regional Science and
Urban Economics, and the International Economic Review. He has also
(co-)authored several books, published for example by Cambridge
University Press and Oxford University Press on international
trade, international transfers, geographical economics, international
economics, and international business.
Steven Brakman is Professor of International Economics at the University of Groningen, The
Netherlands and Professor of German Studies at the University of Nijmegen, The
Netherlands. He was born in the
political capital of Holland, The Hague. He studied economics at the University of Groningen where he graduated in 1981.
His first working experience was at the Research Department of the Central Bank of the Netherlands, working mainly on monetary
issues. He returned to the University of Groningen in 1984 to work on his Ph D, which was finished in 1991. He has a wide range of
research interests, encompassing international economics, economic growth, geographical economics, development
economics, and macroeconomics. Together with Harry Garretsen he participated (and acted!) in two documentaries for Dutch
television; one on the economics of QWERTY (in which also Paul Krugman starred) and one on Keynes.
Charles van Marrewijk is Professor of Economics at
Utrecht
University, The Netherlands, specializing in International Economics
and Economic Growth & Agglomeration. Born in Het Westland, the Dutch
horticultural center, in 1959 as the fifth child in a catholic family with nine
children, he studied horticulture and worked as a grower before studying
economics in Holland at Erasmus University Rotterdam (BA and MA) and in the United States at Purdue University (MSc and PhD). He worked at the University of
Groningen for three years before returning to Erasmus University from 1990-2008. He has a wide range of
research interests, encompassing international economics, economic growth,
geographical economics, development economics, and macroeconomics. Charles van
Marrewijk has published in various journals, including Applied Economics, Review
of World Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Regional Science, International
Journal of Industrial Organization, History of Political Economy, Journal of International Economics,
Energy Policy, Journal of Development Economics, Regional Science and
Urban Economics, and the International Economic Review. He has also
(co-)authored several books, published for example by Cambridge
University Press and Oxford University Press on international
trade, international transfers, geographical economics, international
economics, and international business.