Former students of Dr H. J. Witteveen and many of those who collaborated
with him in the past decades have decided a while ago that his great
scientific and social merits are ample reason for presenting him with a
Liber Amicorum. The fortieth anniversary of his appointment as professor
at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam in the Spring of
1988 seemed a suitable time for presentation. For this purpose a
committee was formed consisting of the members listed below. The last
three of these also act as editorial committee of this anniversary
volume. The topic the editorial committee chose is 'The quest for
national and global economic stability'; this topic has always attracted
Dr Witteveen's special attention and is in fact the common theme of his
publications and speeches. In compiling this volume, the editorial
committee tried to give expression to the three fields in which Dr Witt
eve en developed his main activities: university, politics and
international economic organizations. The committee is deeply grateful
to the authors who promised and supplied their contributions with great
enthusiasm. All contributions were completed before August 1, 1987.