Economics of the European Union 4th Edition

* Very accessible for both Economics and non-Economics students * Clear analytical structure explaining EU policies * Excellent empirical examples, which help integrate the theory with real life New to this edition * The new edition features a leading team of diverse contributors who pool their experience and give the book a truly European focus and a global perspective. * New chapters include the Primacy of the Transatlantic Economy, Enlargement, the UK and EMU and the Lisbon Process. This new content is essential to ensure currency for the student. * The Aid, Trade and Economic Development chapter features extensive new material to reflect the EU's growing importance in this field in this era of globalisation. The new edition of this successful text analyses the current economic issues facing a rapidly changing Europe. The authors combine policy, history and data to present a global perspective of the EU, written with a range of students taking an introductory module in European Economics in mind. With new material on the economic relationship between the EU and the US, Enlargement and the Lisbon process the authors consider the changing landscape and Europe's development as a major global player. The authors use history, theory and analysis including comparative data to evaluate Economic policies ranging from the Common Agricultural Policy and Competition Policy to Social Policy and Monetary Policy and to assess issues such as unemployment and foreign aid. The contributors are drawn from a range of Universities such as Vienna, Manchester, Brussels, LSE and Purdue, as well as institutions such as the IMF and the European Central Bank.

1: Simon Bulmer: History and Institutions of the European Union 2: Mike Artis and Nick Weaver: The European Economy 3: Tony Venables: The Economics of European Integration. 4: David Colman: The Common Agricultural Policy 5: Stephen Martin: Competition Policy 6: Peter Stubbs: Science and technology policy 7: Gabriele Tondl: Regional Policy 8: David Purdy: Social Policy. 9: Joe Quinlan: The Primacy of the Transatlantic Economy: the EU and the US. 10: Robin Bladen-Hovell: The Creation of EMU 11: Mike Artis: Monetary Policy in the Eurozone 12: Bernhard Winkler, Hedwig Ongena and Richard Morris: Fiscal Policy in the Eurozone 13: Fred Nixson: Aid, Trade and Economic Development: the EU and the Developing World. 14: Giuseppe Bertola: Europe's Unemployment Problem 15: Susan Schadler: The 2004 Enlargement 16: Andre Sapir: The Lisbon Process and the Sapir Report