The late Carl Chiarella, formerly Professor of Finance and Economics, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Peter Flaschel, Professor Emeritus, Bielefeld University, Reiner Franke, Department of Economics, University of Kiel, Germany, Ricardo Araujo, Adjunct Professor, University of Brasìlia, Brazil, Matthieu Charpe, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Christian R. Proaño, Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg and Andreas Szczutkowski, Bielefeld University, Germany