Roberto Patuelli is Associate Professor for Economic Policy in the Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy. He holds an M.A. from George Mason University, USA, and a Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Giuseppe Arbia (Ph.D. Cantab) is Full Professor of Economic Statistics in the Department of Statistical Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Roma, Italy; Lecturer in Statistics at Università della Svizzera Italian, Lugano (CH), and Research Professor at the College of William & Mary, Wiliamsburg, Virginia (US).