Economic Policy 30

by Begg, David; De Menil, Georges; Konrad, Kai A.; Portes, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780631221593
• ISBN10: 063122159X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-13
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Economic Policy has earned a reputation around the world as the one publication that always identifies current and emerging policy topics early. It discusses key international issues when they matter and is invaluable for keeping track of important topics such as CAP Reform; The Effects and Policy Implications of State Aids to Industry; When is Fiscal Adjustment an Illusion?; The Structure of European Football; EMU; Capital Market Integration and the Real Output Effect; and The Public Policy Implications of Increasing Retailer Power.

Table of Contents

Editor's introduction	1	(6)
One money, one market: the effect of common currencies on trade	7	(40)
Andrew K. Rose
Discussants
Ben Lockwood
Danny Quah
Panel discussion and data appendix
Unemployment, growth and taxation in industrial countries	47	(58)
Francesco Daveri
Guido Tabellini
Discussants
Samuel Bentolila
Harry Huizinga
Panel discussion and appendices
Labour market implications of EU product market integration	105	(30)
Torben M. Andersen
Niels Haldrup
Jan Rose Sorensen
Discussants
Samuel Bentolila
Jan van Ours
Panel discussion and data appendix
The Netherlands and the United Kingdom: a European unemployment miracle?	135	(46)
Steve Nickell
Jan van Ours
Discussant
Harry Huizinga
Panel discussion
Economic reforms and labour markets: policy issues and lessons from Chile	181
Sebastian Edwards
Alejandra Cox Edwards
Discussants
Samuel Bentolila
Jordi Gali
Panel discussion and appendices