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Bart van Ark is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research activity concentrates primarily within the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a particular focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Political Science and International Relations, Management Science and Operations Research, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their research topics prominently include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Economic Growth and Productivity, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, COVID-19 impact on air quality, Regional Development and Policy, Economic and Technological Innovation, and Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting.

Bart van Ark has published in several academic venues, including:

  • International Economics and Economic Policy
  • National Institute Economic Review
  • Manchester School

Some of the most recent and notable papers authored by Bart van Ark are:

  • HOW TO NOT MISS A PRODUCTIVITY REVIVAL ONCE AGAIN, 2021, National Institute Economic Review
  • Are pro-productivity policies fit for purpose?, 2023, Manchester School

Another related paper, although authored by a frequent coauthor Klaas de Vries, is titled Productivity and the pandemic: short-term disruptions and long-term implications, published in 2021 in International Economics and Economic Policy.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Klaas de Vries, Abdul Azeez Erumban, Robert Inklaar, Kirsten Jäger, and Carol Corrado.

Best Publications

  • The productivity gap between Europe and the United States : Trends and causes

    Bart van Ark;Mary O'Mahony;Marcel P. Timmer

  • EU Productivity and Competitiveness: An Industry Perspective Can Europe Resume the Catching-up Process?

    Mary O'Mahony;Bart van Ark

  • Market services productivity across Europe and the US

    Robert Inklaar;Marcel P. Timmer;Bart van Ark

  • Changing Gear: Productivity, ICT and Service Industries in Europe and the United States

    H.H. van Ark;R. Inklaar;R.H. McGuckin

  • EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview

    Marcel P. Timmer;Mary O’Mahony;Bart van Ark

  • ICT and productivity in Europe and the United States. Where do the differences come from

    Bart van Ark;Robert Inklaar;Robert H. McGuckin

  • Does information and communication technology drive EU-US productivity growth differentials?

    Marcel P. Timmer;Bart van Ark

  • Measuring intangible capital and its contribution to economic growth in Europe

    Bart van Ark;Janet X. Hao;Carol Corrado;Charles Hulten

  • Measuring intangible capital and its contribution to economic growth in Europe.

    Bart van Ark;Janet X. Hao;Carol Corrado;Charles Hulten

  • Productivity, innovation and ICT in old and new Europe

    Bart van Ark;Marcin Piatkowski

  • IT in the European Union: driving productivity divergence?

    Marcel Timmer;Gerard Ypma;Bart van der Ark

  • IT in the European Union: Driving Productivity Divergence?

    Marcel P. Timmer;Gerard Ypma;Bart van der Ark

  • Sectoral growth accounting and structural change in postwar Europe

    Bart van Ark

  • Mind the gap! International comparisons of productivity in services and goods production

    Robert Inklaar;Marcel P. Timmer;Bart van Ark

  • Catching up or getting stuck? Europe's troubles to exploit ICT's productivity potential

    Bart van Ark;Robert Inklaar

  • Productivity Levels in Germany, Japan, and the United States: Differences and Causes

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  • Market services productivity across Europe and the US: MARKET SERVICES PRODUCTIVITY

    Robert Inklaar;Marcel P. Timmer;Bart Van Ark

  • Productivity and Economic Growth in Europe: A comparative Industry Perspective

    M Timmer;R Inklaar;Mary O'Mahony;B van Ark

  • Productivity, Product Quality and Workforce Skills: Food Processing in Four European Countries

    Geoff Mason;Bart van Ark;Karin Wagner

  • Quantitative Aspects of Post-war European Economic Growth

    Bart van Ark;Nicholas Crafts

  • The Delta-model revisited: recent trends in the structural performance of the Dutch economy

    Bart van Ark;Jakob de Haan

  • Production and Use of ICT: A Sectoral Perspective on Productivity Growth in the OECD Area

    Dirk Pilat;Franck Lee;Bart van Ark

  • The Productivity Paradox of the New Digital Economy

    Bart van Ark

  • International comparisons of output and productivity

    Bart van Ark

  • Economic Growth in Europe: Economic growth in Europe

    Marcel P. Timmer;Robert Inklaar;Mary O'Mahony;Bart van Ark

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Inklaar
Robert Inklaar University of Groningen
Marcel P. Timmer
Marcel P. Timmer University of Groningen
Angus Maddison
Angus Maddison University of Groningen
Jakob de Haan
Jakob de Haan University of Groningen
Nicholas Crafts
Nicholas Crafts University of Sussex
Charles R. Hulten
Charles R. Hulten University of Maryland, College Park
Hans Gersbach
Hans Gersbach ETH Zurich
D.S. Prasada Rao
D.S. Prasada Rao University of Queensland
Davide Castellani
Davide Castellani University of Reading
Marco Vivarelli
Marco Vivarelli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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