Steven Fazzari is Bert A. and Jeanette L. Lynch Distinguished Professor of Economics at Washington University in
St.Louis: He also serves as chair of the Department of Sociology and is Associate Director of Weidenbaum Center.
Fazzari served six years as chair of the Department of Economics, five years as a member of the Arts & Sciences
Academic Planning Committee, and is now a member of the Advisory Committee on Tenure and Promotion.
Steven Fazzari is a specialist in Macroeconomics, Keynesian Economics, Investment and Finance. His research explores
two main areas: the financial determinants of investment and R&D spending by U.S. firms and the foundations of
Keynesian macroeconomics. A recent search found more than 1,100 citations to Fazzari's publications in the Research
Papers in Economics database (over 5,000 in Google Scholar). In addition, his research and commentary on public
policy issues has been highlighted in the national media. Among other current research projects, Fazzari is now coediting a book that investigates the sources and responses to the U.S. “Great Recession” that began in late 2007.
Fazzari teaches macroeconomics, from introductory freshman courses to advanced seminars for Ph.D. students. He
has won a variety of teaching awards.
Personal page: https://economics.wustl.edu/people/steve_fazzari
Lynda Khalaf is a specialist in econometrics. She received her Ph.D. from l’Université de Montréal in 1997. She held a
faculty position at l’Université Laval from 1996 to 2008 and a Canada Research Chair from 2004 to 2008. She has been
a Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Carleton University since 2006 and served as its Ph.D. Program
Supervisor from 2010 to 2013.
Professor Khalaf’s current research covers econometric issues arising in the formulation, fitting, and checking of
economic models for environmental (resource and energy) and financial (mainly asset pricing) analysis, with particular
focus on exact inference, re-sampling-based tests, inference in multivariate models, structural stability, specification
tests, inference with heavy-tailed and asymmetric distributions, identification-robust methods, and weak-inferencerobust methods. Her work has been published in many leading journals in the field, including the Journal of
Econometrics, the Journal of Applied Econometrics, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, the Review of
Economic Studies, and the Journal of Monetary Economics.
Personal page: http://carleton.ca/economics/people/khalaf-lynda-a/
Daphne Nicolistas holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Economics from the
University of Manchester. After working at the Bank of Greece, she has recently moved to the University of Crete,
where she is Professor of Economics. Her research interests are in the field of labour economics, specifically on wage
determination and unemployment; she is also engaged in research related to industrial organisation, particularly with
regard to companies’ productivity and competition.
She has written extensively on these topics and published on top journals like JEEA, OBES, Labour Economics, Labour
and others. Below is a selection of her recent publications.
Nicolitsas, D. (2015), "Price setting practices in Greece: evidence from a small-scale firm-level survey", Bulletin of
Economic Research 00:0 0307-3378 DOI: 10.1111/boer.12058.
Galuscak, K., M Keeney, D Nicolitsas, F Smets, P Strzelecki, M Vodopivec (2012), "The determination of wages of newly
hired employees: Survey evidence on internal versus external factors", Labour Economics 19:5, 802-812.
Nicolitsas, D. (2011) “Evidence on Inter-Industry Wage Differentials in Greece” in Balfoussias, S., Hatzipanayiotou, P.
and C. Kanellopoulos (eds.) Essays in economics: applied studies in the Greek economy, KEPE: Athens.
Du Caju, P., G. Kátay, A. Lamo, D. Nicolitsas, S. Poelhekke (2010) "Inter-Industry Wage Differentials In EU Countries:
What Do Cross-Country Time Varying Data Add to the Picture?," Journal of the European Economic Association
(Papers & Proceedings), 8:2-3, 478-486.
Nicolitsas, D. (2006), "Female participation in the Greek labour market", Economic Bulletin of the Bank of Greece, 26,
7-36.
Personal page: https://economics.soc.uoc.gr/en/content/nicolitsas-daphne
Inmaculada Cebrian Lopez (Phd, University of Alcala) is full professor of Economics at the Department of Economics,
Management and Tourism of the University of Alcala (Spain), where she has been the head of the Department and
currently teaches microeconomics, macroeconomics and labour economics. She has been responsible for the
evaluation of several projects on the implementation of good practices in the labour market, as well as a member of
international and European research projects related with labour market analysis and gender equality issues. Her
current research interests are in labour economics, with specific attention to gender differences, employment
duration and labour market institutions.
Personal page: https://portal.uah.es/portal/page/portal/epd2_profesores/prof121707
Orietta Marsili is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Director of Studies of the MSc in
Entrepreneurship and Management, at the School of Management of the University of Bath. She joined Bath in 2013,
moving from the Netherlands, where she held positions at the Rotterdam School of Management of the Erasmus
University, as Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Academic Director of the MSc in Entrepreneurship & New
Business Development. Prof. Marsili gained a DPhil in Science and Technology Policy from SPRU at the University of
Sussex.
Prof. Marsili's work covers two research streams within the study of industrial dynamics from an evolutionary
perspective. One research stream looks at the generation of novelty by entrepreneurial firms, its variety of patterns
across industrial settings, and the potential to offer an ‘innovation premium’ for survival. Another research stream
explores the mechanisms that transmit novelty across organisations through mergers and acquisitions. More recently,
her interests are in the micro foundations of industrial dynamics, with a focus on the role of human capital in shaping
company choices and the performance of new ventures. Her work has been published in Research Policy,
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics, Regional Studies, and Industrial and Corporate
Change among others.
Personal page: http://www.bath.ac.uk/management/faculty/orietta-marsili.html
L. Randall Wray is a professor of economics at Bard College and research associate at the Levy Economics Institute.
His research focuses on providing a critique of orthodox monetary theory and policy, and the development of an
alternative approach. He also publishes extensively in the areas of full employment policy and, more generally, fiscal
policy. Wray is the author of Money and Credit in Capitalist Economies: The Endogenous Money Approach (Edward
Elgar, 1990), Understanding Modern Money: The Key to Full Employment and Price Stability (Edward Elgar, 1998), The
Rise and Fall of Money Manager Capitalism: Minsky’s Half Century from World War Two to the Great Recession (with
É. Tymoigne; Routledge, 2013), and Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary
Systems (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012; 2nd rev. ed., 2015). Wray’s most recent book is Why Minsky Matters: An
Introduction to the Work of a Maverick Economist (Princeton University Press, 2016). Wray has a Ph.D. from
Washington University of St. Louis, where he was a student of Minsky. Wray taught at the University of Missouri–
Kansas City from 1999 to 2016 and at the University of Denver from 1987 to 1999, and has been a visiting professor at
the Universities of Paris and Rome (La Sapienza). He has recently completed a Fulbright Specialist Grant at the Tallinn
University of Technology in Estonia.
Personal page: http://www.levyinstitute.org/scholars/l-randall-wray
Jan Toporowski is Professor of Economics and Finance at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of
London and a Visiting Professor of Economics and Finance at the International University College, Turin. His research is
concentrated on monetary theory and policy, finance, and the work of Michał Kalecki, whose biography he is writing.
Jan Toporowski's most recent book is Michał Kalecki An Intellectual Biography Volume 1 Rendezvous in Cambridge
1899-1939 (Palgrave 2013). He is the author of The End of Finance The Theory of Capital Market Inflation, Financial
Derivatives and Pension Fund Capitalism (Routledge 2000), Theories of Financial Disturbance Critical Theories of
Finance from Adam Smith to the Present Day (Elgar 2005) and 'Why the World Economy Needs a Financial Crash' and
Other Critical Essays on Finance and Financial Economics (Anthem Press 2010). Together with Łukasz Mamica he has
edited Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century (Palgrave 2015). With Riccardo Bellofiore and Ewa Karwowski he edited The
Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg, Oskar Lange and Michał Kalecki (Palgrave 2014).
Jan Toporowski has worked in fund management, international banking, and central banking. He has been a
consultant for the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development, and the Economist Intelligence Unit. Jan Toporowski studied economics at Birkbeck College, University
of London, and the University of Birmingham, UK.
Personal page: http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31930.php
Gianluca Orefice is economist at CEPII (Paris). Previously he was consultant at the Economic Research and Statistics
Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Milan and was
visiting student at the Universitè Catholique de Louvain. He taught at the University of Milan, Politecnico of Milan,
University of Geneva, University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne) and MPA-SciencePo (Paris). He is also adjunct lecturer at the
University of Tours (France). His main research interests include International Migration, Trade Policy and Applied
Econometrics. His work has been published in leading journals in the field, including Journal of International
Economics, The World Economy and Review of International Economics
Personal page: https://sites.google.com/site/oreficegianluca/home