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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrentice Hall PTR
ISBN-100137690681
ISBN-139780137690688
eBay Product ID (ePID)896454
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NameEuropean Union Economics
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
SubjectGlobalization, Economic Conditions, Public Policy / Economic Policy
TypeTextbook
AuthorTheodore Hitiris
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight20.1 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number4
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-041769
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal338.94
Table Of Content1.Theory 2.Structure of the EU 3.The Benefits of the Single Currency 4.The EU Budget 5.Tax Harmonization 6.Monetary Integration 7.Agriculture 8.Trade Policies 9.Regional Policies 10.Social Policies 11.Transport 12.Industrial and Competition Policy 13.Environment and Energy 14.Epilogue
SynopsisEuropean Union Economics is the ideal text for students who have not studied this topic before. It requires no specialist knowledge of economics. The new edition continues to favour the economic analysis of public policy over detailed descriptions of EU institutions and history. After a general introduction to the theory of economic integration and the structure and objectives of the EU, there is a review of the problems confronting policy makers, an overview of policy alternatives and actual EU policy as well as a comparison between policy performance and objectives. Boxed material handles some of the more theoretical issues., European Union Economics is the ideal text for students who have not studied this topic before. It requires no specialist knowledge of economics. The new edition continues to favour the economic analysis of public policy over detailed descriptions of EU institutions and history. After a general introduction to the theory of economic integration and the structure and objectives of the EU, there is a review of the problem confronting policy makers, an overview of policy alternatives and actual EU policy as well as a comparison between policy performance and objectives. Boxed material handles some of the more theoretical issues. *Inclusion of analysis of the recent major changes relating to the EU. With three new members (Austria, Finland and Sweden) and a resulting change in European and global trading relationships, much has changed since the last edition in 1993. *A view of world trading blocks which sees the EU in direct competition with other informal and formal trading blocks such as NAFTA and the DAE. *Inclusion of the most recent theoretical insights into developments relating to the EU: for example, the comparison between Free Trade Areas and other forms of integration or the