MARIA INÉS BARBERO Professor of Economic and Business History at the Universidad de San Andrés, ArgentinaJAMES FOREMAN-PECK Professor of Economics at Cardiff University, UKJOSÉ LUIS GARCÍA RUIZ Associate Professor of Economic History at Complutense University of Madrid, SpainJUAN HERNÁNDEZ-ANDREU Doctor in Economics and Professor and Director of the Department of Economic History at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, SpainALFONS MENDEZ Associate professor at the Universidad de les Illes Balears, SpainIGNACIO MORAL-ARCE Statistician and researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Fiscales (Ministry of Finance), SpainBEGOÑA MORENO CLARA EUGENIA NÚÑEZ Associate Professor of Economic History at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, SpainJOSÉ M. ORTIZ-VILLAJOS Associate Professor of Economic History at Complutense University of Madrid, SpainIOANNA SAPFO PEPELASIS Associate Professor of Economic History at the Athens University of Economics and Business, GreeceTEODOSIO PÉREZ-AMARAL Associate Professor of Econometrics at Complutense University of Madrid, SpainSONIA SOTOCA Associate Professor of Econometrics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainPIER ANGELO TONINELLI Professor of Business and Contemporary History at the University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyMICHELANGELO VASTA Professor of Economic History at University of Siena, ItalyEMMA ZAVARRONE Associate Professor of Applied Statistics at the LiberaUniversità di Lingue e Comunicazione (IULM) in Milan, Italy