Economic Policy 58

The Senior Editors of Economic Policy: Georges de Menil works at the Delta Ens, France. Richard Portes lectures in the Department of Economics, London Business School. Hans-Werner Sinn is based at the Centre for Economic Studies, University of Munich. The Managing Editors of Economic Policy: Tullio Jappelli is CSEF Director and Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II. Philip Lane is Professor of International Macroeconomics at Trinity College Dublin. Philippe Martin is Professor at the Universite Paris-1 Pantheon Sorbonne and CERASENPC and a Research Fellow at CEPR. Jan van Ours is Professor of Economics at Tilburg University and Professorial Fellow at Melbourne University.

• Editors' Introduction. 1. What drives spreads in the euro area government bond market?: Simone Manganelli and Guido Wolswijk. 2. Financial integration, capital mobility, and income convergence: Abdul Abiad, Daniel Leigh and Ashoka Mody. 3. The political economy under monetary union: has the euro made a difference?: Marcel Fratzscher and Livio Stracca. 4. Job protection legislation and productivity growth in OECD countries: Andrea Bassanini, Luca Nunziata and Danielle Venn.