PABLO DE ANDRES ALONSO Universidad de Valladolid, Spain FRANCESCA ARNABOLDI Universita di Milano, Italy ELENA BECCALLI Universita Cattolica S. Cuore , Italy MARCELLO BIANCHI Consob, Italy PAOLA BRIGHI Universita di Bologna, Italy FATIMA CARDIAS WILLIAMS Bangor University, UK ALESSANDRO CARRETTA Universita di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Italy DIMITRIS CHRONOPOULOS University of Essex, UK ANGELA CIAVARELLA Consob, Italy MARTA DE LA CUESTA Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, UNED, Spain VINCENZO FARINA Universita di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Italy JOSANCO FLOREANI University of Udine, Italy PASCAL FRANTZ London School of Economics and Political Science, UK GIMEDE GIGANTE Universita di Roma III, Italy CLAUDIA GIRARDONE University of Essex, UK REBECA DE JUAN Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, UNED, Spain KARLIGASH KENJEGALIEVA Loughborough University, UK DUCCIO MARTELLI Universita di Roma 'Tor vergata', Italy EWA MIKLASZEWSKA Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Poland KATARZYNA MIKOLAJCZYK Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Poland JOHN C. NANKERVIS University of Essex, UK VALERIO NOVEMBRE Consob, Italy MAURIZIO POLATO University of Udine, Italy NEMANJA RADIC Universita di Roma 'Tor vergata', Italy GEETHA RAVISHJANKAR Loughborough University, UK ELENA ROMERO MERINO Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes, Spain BRUNO ROSSIGNOLI Universita di Milano and Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Centro Studi di Banca e Finanza , Italy CRISTINA RUZA Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, UNED, Spain MARCOS SANTAMARIA MARISCAL Universidad de Burgos, Spain PAOLA SCHWIZER Universita di Parma, Italy ROSSELLA SIGNORETTI Consob, Italy GIUSEPPE TORLUCCIO Universita di Bologna, Italy ELEUTERIO VALLELADO Universidad de Valladolid, Spain THOMAS WEYMAN JONES Loughborough University, UK JON WILLIAMS Bangor University, UK