Dr. Dennis Dlugosch

Dr. Dennis Dlugosch is a senior economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at the OECD. He leads a team of economists that supports the Chief Economist and the Secretary-General of the OECD with speeches, public appearances, and economic policy statements. In addition, he conducts research on current economic policy issues.

Since joining the OECD in 2015, Dr. Dlugosch has worked in various areas of the organization. In the Research Department, his work focused, among other things, on the economic impacts of environmental regulation and macroeconomic modeling. His research includes a study on the growth effects of climate investments, which served as the basis for discussions at the 2017 G20 Summit in Hamburg.

He subsequently served as a country economist for Austria and Turkey and contributed to several OECD Economic Surveys as well as the OECD’s quarterly economic forecasts. After a further assignment as a country economist for Finland and New Zealand, he joined the staff of the OECD’s Chief Economist.

Before joining the OECD, Dr. Dlugosch gained professional experience in asset management, including at Allianz Global Investors. He also served as a lecturer in finance at the Rotterdam School of Management.

Dr. Dlugosch studied economics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II. He earned his Ph.D. in finance from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).