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The European Union and national macroeconomic policy
β Scribed by James Forder, Anand Menon
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 225
- Series
- The state and the European Union
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Considers the way in which the European Union has affected autonomy in macroeconomic policy-making of the member states. It begins with an introduction to economic ideas, and explores current themes surrounding monetary and fiscal policy and European integration, including economic policy co-ordination, objectives in national policy-making and motivations for participating in the European Monetary System. Particular focus is given to the larger member states: * the United Kingdom * Germany * France * Italy.
β¦ Table of Contents
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
1: INTRODUCTION......Page 12
Part I BROAD ISSUES......Page 19
2: THE EU AND NATIONAL MACROECONOMIC POLICY......Page 20
3 βNATIONAL AUTONOMYβ......Page 35
4 CHANGING OBJECTIVES IN NATIONAL POLICY MAKING......Page 50
Part II POLICY IN FOUR MEMBER STATES......Page 85
6 FRANCE......Page 86
7 GERMANY......Page 104
8 ITALY......Page 116
Part III SPECIFIC ISSUES......Page 136
10 SHOULD UNEMPLOYMENT CONVERGENCE PRECEDE MONETARY UNION?1......Page 137
11 FISCAL POLICY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION......Page 149
12 CONCLUSION......Page 165
INDEX......Page 184
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