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