About the authors

Franz Prante is a research associate at the University of Duisburg-Essen and a doctoral student at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord.

Alessandro Bramucci is a research associate at the Berlin School of Economics and Law and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Urbino.

Eckhard Hein is Professor of Economics with a focus on European Economic Policy at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, Academic Director of the Master International Economics programme and Co-Director of the Institute for International Political Economy Berlin (IPE).

Achim Truger is Professor of Socio-economics with a focus on government activity and public finance at the University of Duisburg-Essen, member of the German Council of Economic Experts and Senior Research Fellow at the Macroeconomic Policy Institute of the Hans Böckler Foundation.