The Economics of the European Union: Policy and Analysis - Softcover

Artis, M.J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198773730 ISBN 13: 9780198773733

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

The economics of the European Community provide a complex series of issues for both the student and the scholar. The authors of this up-to-date account provide a lucid and comprehensive investigation of such key topics as the monetary system, agricultural and trade policy, social and economic integration, and environmental issues. The work begins with a discussion of the economic theory of preferential trading areas and the economics behind the Common Agricultural Policy, a brief introduction to the history of the European Union (EU), and a statistical illustration of the basic economic features of the EU and its constituent members. The work then goes on to explore other specific policies of the EU in the social sphere, in competition and industrial policy, in the areas of agriculture, transport and the environment, and in counteracting regional economic disparities. An analysis of the Community Budget is given, as well as a critique of the problem of budgetary imbalance. Drawing on the most authoritative data to analyze both the present and future of the European Community, this book will inform a wide range of readers interested in modern European economics.

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About the Author

Mike Artis is a professorial fellow of Economics, a co-Director of I.P.E.G. and Director of its Regional Economics Centre. He has recently held a Professorship at the European University Institute, Florence (1995-2003) and a George Fellowship at the Bank of England (January-July, 2005). Frederick Nixson is Professor of Development Economics in the School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. Before coming to Manchester, he spent five years in East Africa. Since then he has worked extensively in a number of countries including Vietnam, Mongolia, India, China and more recently the Yemen. His main research interests are in the fields of industrialisation and trade policy, macroeconomic policy and pro-poor growth, privatisation and poverty alleviation and the history of development economics. He has worked as a consultant for a number of organisations, including the Asian Development Bank, U.N.D.P. and the E.U. . He has authored, co-authored and co-edited 15 books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198773730
• ISBN 13: 9780198773733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 446