The Editors : Alfred Kleinknecht holds the degree of "Diplom Volkswirt" from the Free University of Berlin and a doctorate in economics from the Free University of Amsterdam. He was a research fellow at the International Institute of Management at the Berlin Wissenschaftszentrum (1977-1980) and at the Free University of Amsterdam (1980-1984). In 1984 he joined the new Faculty of Economics of Limburg University.
His latest publication is "Innovation Patterns in Crisis and Prosperity : Schumpeter's Long Cycle Reconsidered", London : Macmillan 1986. Tom van Veen (1953) studied economics at the Universities of Rotterdam and Groningen. He lectured at the University of Groningen and is now teaching economics at University of Limburg. He has published on "Education and the economy" (with W. Albeda) and "Voter reaction as a welfare state stabiliser" (with P.K.
Keizer). He is currently doing research on wage formation.