Competitiveness and Growth in Europe: Lessons and Policy Implications for the Lisbon Strategy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845426622 ISBN 13: 9781845426620

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

This book contributes fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on competitiveness and growth in connection with the commitment made by European leaders at the Lisbon Summit in 2000 to 'render the European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world by 2010, capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion'.

Until now, there has been little in-depth economic analysis of the objectives and policy implementations of the Lisbon Strategy. Competitiveness and Growth in Europe aims to fill this gap by contributing to a better and deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the Lisbon Strategy. This book presents, in a coherent framework, policy relevant research on the main aspects of the Lisbon Agenda: the determinants of growth, cohesion strategies and the role of institutions, education, R&D and technological progress in economic performance.

It will be of particular interest to researchers and policy makers working in the fields of competitiveness and growth in the context of economic and monetary integration as well as to academics of European studies in general.

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About the Author

Edited by Susanne Mundschenk, ZEI, University of Bonn, Germany and London School of Economics, UK, Michael H. Stierle, European Commission and INFER, Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz, Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Brussels and Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag, Head, Centre for International Macroeconomic Analysis, The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland and Senior Fellow, Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), University of Bonn, Germany

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845426622
• ISBN 13: 9781845426620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Mundschenk Susanne, Stierle Michael H., Stierle-von Schütz Ulrike, Traistaru-Siedschlag Iulia