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Aknowledgements

The Event Organiser would like to extend his personal thanks to the European Economic Association and to the Econometric Society, and in particular to Prof. Peter Neary, President of the European Economic Association, to its Secretary Prof. Henry Tulkens, to all members of its Executive Committee, and to its Secretariat, to Prof. Guy Laroque, President of the Econometric Society, to its Treasury Prof. Robert Gordon, to its Secretary Ms. Julie Gordon, to all members of its Executive Committee, and to the Secretary of its European Standing Committee Prof. Rafael Repullo, for their important support and co-operation.

Thanks to Prof. Thierry Verdier, Prof. Helmut Bester, Prof. Martin Browning and to all of the EEA and ESEM Programme Committee Members, whose competence and hard work has assured the highest level of scientific content in the Congress.

The exceptional support received from the local Italian authorities, in particular from Prof. Paolo Costa, Dr. Antonio Padoan, Dr. Vito Lubes and above all Prof. Ignazio Musu during some of the more difficult moments of the Congress organisation, must be acknowledged. Recognition must also go to the administrative offices of the Palazzo Ducale and the Venice Civic Museums, in particular Dr. Marino Cortese and Dr. Gianni Pastro. Dr. Renato Quaglia and Dr. Franco Bernabè from The Venice Biennale must also be acknowledged for the enormous collaboration afforded in the organisation of the Social Programme. The local transport system in Venice, the ACTV (Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano), should be acknowledged for its collaboration with the Congress Transportation.

Thanks to our sponsor Gruppo Unicredito, and the generous financial support from Banca d'Italia, Bank of Greece, De Nederlansche Bank, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, the European Central Bank, the European Commission, Il Sole 24 Ore, Regione Veneto, the Schweizerische National Bank, Superwhites Srl and The Venice Biennale.

Thanks to the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, in particular, to its past Director Prof. Domenico Siniscalco and its present Director Dr. Alessandro Lanza. A special thanks to Silvia Bertolin - fundraising and design, Francesca Carobba accounts department, Monica Eberle - Congress management, Martina Gambaro - data base, web and registration supervision, Martina Marian - fundraising and transport organisation, and Marni Wood - Congress organisation, from the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Venice branch, whose hard work and dedication has allowed the Congress to enjoy a complete success.

Our recognition and thanks to Michaela Cahillane Hynd and Robert Clark for their very qualified and capable work, and for their availability to satisfy all of the Local Organising team requests.

Thanks to Giuseppe Mattiazzo and his team at Oltrex 4 M S.p.A for their essential logistical support.

Thanks also to the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, and in particular to Prof. Pasquale Gagliardi, Mr. Massimo Altieri, Ms. Carla Bono', to the Benedectine Monastery, and in particular to Father Antonio Mistrorigo, to the Istituto Navale Giorgio Cini and all its staff, and to the Salesian Institute for their co-operation and for having accepted to open the gates of the magnificent Island of San Giorgio Maggiore to the Congress participants.