Subprime Crisis and Board (In-)Competence: Private vs Public Banks in Germany

Harald Hau (Insead)
Marcel Thum (TU Dresden)
Silvana Tenreyro (London School of Economics)
David Thesmar (HEC School of Management)

The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment: Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries

Federico Cingano (Bank of Italy)
Marco Leonardi (University of Milan)
Julian Messina (University of Girona)
Giovanni Pica (University of Salerno)
Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
Etienne Wasmer (Sciences Po)

Budgeting versus implementing fiscal policy in the EU

Roel Beetsma (University of Amsterdam)
Massimo Giuliodori (University of Amsterdam)
Peter Wierts (De Nederlandsche Bank)
Robin Boadway (Queen’s University, Ontario)
Fabrizio Perri (University of Minnesota)

Reforms and Re-Elections in OECD Countries

Marco Buti (European Commission)
Alessandro Turrini (European Commission)
Paul Van den Noord (European Commission)
Pietro Biroli (Chicago University)
Mathias Thoenig (University of Geneva)
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (New Economic School and CEFIR)

Oil and the Euro Area Economy

Gert Peersman (Universiteit Gent)
Ine Van Robays (Universiteit Gent)
John Hassler (Institute for International Economic Studies)
Mark P Taylor (University of Warwick)

What Happens During Recessions, Crunches and Busts?

Stijn Claessens (IMF)
M. Ayhan Kose (IMF)
Marco E. Terrones (IMF)
Vítor Gaspar (European Commission)
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano (Bocconi University)

Drugs Policy – What Should We Do About Cannabis?

Stephen Pudney (University of Essex)
Jerome Adda (University College London)
Jan Boone (Tilburg University)

The Governance and Performance of Research Universities : Evidence from Europe and the US

Philippe Aghion (Harvard University)
Mathias Dewatripont (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Caroline Hoxby (Stanford University)
Andreu Mas-Colell (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
André Sapir (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Bas Jacobs (Erasmus University Rotterdam)