Jens Arnold is Head of Division in the OECD Economics Department, where he is responsible for a number of economies including Brazil. He was previously responsible for the Brazil Desk where he coordinated several OECD Economic Surveys of Brazil. His academic research has focused on the impact of regulatory policies, industry dynamics, productivity growth, international trade, foreign direct investment and taxation and has been published in the Economic Journal, the Journal of International Economics and the Review of International Economics. Jens Arnold holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, a MSc. in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and a Diploma in Economics from the University of Mannheim, Germany.