Antonio Álvarez has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics by the Autonomous University of Madrid, a PH.D. in Economics from the University of Oviedo and a Master in Agricultural Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently Full Professor of Economics at the University of Oviedo. He has previously worked in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Principality of Asturias and has been Manager of the European Center for Soft Computing. He has also been a consultant for international organizations, such as the World Bank and the Economic Commission for Latin America. His field of specialization is the measurement of productive efficiency, both at the business level and at the macroeconomic level, being currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Productivity Analysis.