Credit Risk and Rating Evaluation as a Tool for Industrial Innovation Policy: an Application Based on the Industry 2015 Projects Portfolio, Antonio Bartoloni (Ministry of Economic Development, Rome), Andrea Bianchi (Ministry of Economic Development, Rome), Fabrizio Carapellotti (Ministry of Economic Development, Rome) and Paola Ribaldi (Ministry of Economic Development, Rome)

Credit Ratings: a Combined Approach, Paola Cerchiello (Università di Pavia) and Paolo Giudici (Università di Pavia)

Sovereign Default Swap Market Efficiency and Country Risk in the Eurozone, Yalin Gündüz (Deutsche Bundesbank) and Orcun Kaya (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Interest-rate Spread and Public-debt Dynamics in a Two-country Monetary-union Portfolio Model, Roberto Tamborini (Università di Trento)