Luis Cárdenas holds a PhD in Economics; he is Assistant Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Associate Researcher at the Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI). His research has focused on macroeconomic analysis and labor economics. First, the analysis of "growth models" on how institutions affect macroeconomic dynamics. In particular, the role of industrial relations as determinants of wages and its effects on aggregate demand and unemployment. Second, the determinants of labor segmentation and the effect of institutional change on the dualization of labor markets. It has been published in articles Cambridge Journal of Economics, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, British Journal of Industrial Relations, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, International Labour Review, Review of Keynesian Economics, Journal of Economic Issues or Journal of Economic Studies, among others. As well as the coordination of a book in Routledge titled Institutional Change after the Recession: European Growth Models at the Crossroads.

Javier Arribas currently works as Assistant Professor at the Universidad Complutense. He holds a PhD in Economics at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. The PhD was funded by a doctoral research fellowship granted by the Madrid City Hall. He has been Visiting Lecturer and Visiting researcher in Quito (Ecuador) and Mar del Plata (Argentina). His research has been focused on public services and institutional economy. Together with Luis Cárdenas, he coordinated the book in Routledge titled Institutional Change after the Recession: European Growth Models at the Crossroads. He also is the author of the book Economía y sostenibilidad: El debate de la gestión with the collaboration of the public foundation ICO.

1. Understanding European Mediterranean economies: a growth models perspective 2. Labor productivity in Mediterranean economies: a tale of failed convergence in the EU 3. Economic growth from the aggregate demand side: what drives the macrodynamic in Mediterranean countries? 4. The evolution of demand regimes in Mediterranean countries: between wage devaluation and financial leverage 5. A Mediterranean model from a distributional perspective? Analyzing institutional conditionings and distributional outcomes in Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain 6. How did Mediterranean economies transit to export-led growth? An analysis of the determinants of international competitiveness 7. The evolution of the financial sector in Mediterranean economies 8. Industrial relations systems in the Mediterranean: between deregulation, erosion and resilience 9. Unemployment fluctuations and job creation dynamics in Mediterranean countries 10. The evolution of welfare states in Mediterranean economies 11. Transforming Mediterranean Economies: Challenges and Perspectives in the Era of Integration and Crisis