Defence date: 30 November 1996
Examining board: Prof. Michael Artis, EUI, Eco Department and Robert Schuman Centre ; Prof. Daniel Heymann, CEPAL and Instituto Torcuato De Tella, Buenos Aries, Co-Supervisor ; Prof. Xavier Sala I Martin, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona ; Prof. Luc Soete, MERIT, Maastricht ; Prof. Robert Waldmann, EUI, Supervisor