Fiscal Federalism and European Economic Integration (Routledge Studies in the European Economy) - Hardcover

Baimbridge, Mark; Whyman, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415247667 ISBN 13: 9780415247665

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

The pace of economic integration amongst European Union (EU) member states has accelerated considerably during the past decade, highlighted by the process of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Many aspects of the EU's apparatus, however, have failed to evolve in order to meets these new challenges. This book explores the issue of fiscal federalism within the context of EU integration from theoretical, historical, policy and global perspectives. It contrasts the pace of integration amongst EU member states with the failure of financial and administrative apparatus to evolve to encompass fiscal federalism, i.e. the development of a centralised budgetary system. This impressive collection, with contributions from a range of internationally respected authors, shall interest students and researchers involved with European economics and economic integration. Its accessible style will also make it extremely useful to policy-makers and professionals for whom European economic integration is a daily topic of conversation.

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About the Author

Mark Baimbridge is Senior Lecturer on Economics at the University of Bradford, UK. Philip Whyman is Reader in Economics at the University of Central Lancashire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415247667
• ISBN 13: 9780415247665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216