M. Mustafa Erdogdu is Professor of Economics at Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, where he is head of the Financial Economics division. He received his MA and PhD in development economics from Manchester University, UK. His research interests are economic development, public finance, international political economy, institutions, financial crises, sustainability, and renewable energies.

Larissa Batrancea is Associate Professor of Corporate Finance at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her research addresses tax behaviour, experimental economics, neuroeconomics, financial analysis. She activated as principal investigator/member in 16 international/national research grants. She has been awarded 12 prizes for excellence in research and teaching.

Savas Çevik is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Selcuk University in Turkey. He received his MS and PhD degrees in public finance from Marmara University. His research interests are in public economics, the economics and politics of taxation, and behavioural economics.