JOSÉ ERNESTO AMORÓS Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile JURGEN BRAUER Augusta State University, USA SAMEEKSHA DESAI University of Missouri, USA CHIARA GUGLIELMETTI University of Trento, Italy ROBERT HAYWOOD University of Colorado, USA LEORA KLAPPER World Bank, USA WILLIAM LAZONICK University of Massachusetts, USA ANAT LEWIN World Bank, USA. PETER NIJKAMP VRIJE Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands GERRIT ROOKS EINDHOVEN University of Technology, The Netherlands ADAM SZIRMAI Maastricht University, USA ROY THURIK Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands JUAN MANUEL QUESADA World Bank, USA