Economic Integration and Public Policy in the European Union - 9781858983141

Economic Integration and Public Policy in the European UnionAuthor(s): Christos C. Paraskevopoulos, Ricardo Grinspun, Theodore Georgakopoulos\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781858983141, 978-1858983141\nSynopsis\nThis collection of essays is a state-of-the-art analysis of key issues confronting the European Union. Identifying European economic integration as one of the defining features of modern international economics, the authors examine many aspects and consequences of this integration which remain as yet obscure and unexplored. In this book, after addressing general issues concerned with European integration, the authors include empirical and theoretical analyses of the monetary union, social policy reform and social union, public finance in the EU, the EU's agriculture and technology policies, and direct foreign investment into the EU. In particular, the volume includes detailed discu.