**About the Editors**

#### **Rocco Mosconi**

Rocco Mosconi, MSc in Economics, University of Pavia. Currently full Professor of Econometrics, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (since March 2006). His research interests include theoretical econometrics (time series analysis, non-stationary time series modeling, VAR models, survival data analysis, discrete choice models) and applied econometrics (regarding finance, industrial economics, and energy). He has published in the Journal of Econometrics, Econometrics Journal, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Econometrics, The Journal of Industrial Economics, Strategic Management Journal, Energy Policy.

#### **Paolo Paruolo**

Paolo Paruolo has a PhD in Mathematical Statistics (University of Copenhagen Paruolo 1995). He has worked as a Professor of Econometrics (University of Bologna until 1999 and University of Insubria, 1999–2013). Currently, he works as a Scientific officer at the Joint Research Centre, European Commission, 2013-). He was ranked among the best 150 econometricians worldwide in Baltagi (2007) "Worldwide econometrics rankings: 1989–2005", Econometric Theory 23, p. 952–1012. He has published in: Econometrica, Journal of Econometrics, Econometric Reviews, Computational Economics, Economic Modelling, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Journal of Geophysical Research—Atmospheres.
