Peter Birch Sÿrensen is Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen. He is a former Assistant Governor and Chief Economist of the Danish central bank. He has also served as chairman of the Danish Economic Councils, the Danish Productivity Commission, and the Danish Council on Climate Change, and as a consultant for the OECD, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund.

Hans Jÿrgen Whitta-Jacobsen is Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen and former Vice Dean at the university's Faculty of Social Sciences. He has served as chairman of the Danish Economic Councils, as consultant for the Danish government on tax reform and as member of the Danish Commission for Retirement, Attrition and Pensions.