The European economy in an American mirror
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The European economy in an American mirror
(Routledge studies in the modern world economy, 70)
Routledge, 2008
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Europe's economy is under strain due to lagging productivity growth, population ageing, the difficulties of adjustment in an enlarged European Union, and the challenges of globalization. In comparison with America, rates of growth of GDP per capita and labour productivity growth are anaemic, raising questions about the viability of a distinct European model. From observations like these, conclusions can be drawn that Europe will feel irresistible pressure to allow its policies and institutions to converge toward those of the United States. But how far and how fast are uncertain.
Edited by internationally renowned authors in the field and packed with articles by an impressive array of international contributors, this book examines the American and European economies; drawing comparisons between them.
Bringing together specialists from both sides of the Atlantic, including Lindert, DeLong and Buti to analyze the current state of both economies and their responses to the changing global environment, the book deals with competitiveness on the one hand and the relationship between institutions and markets on the other.
This volume is particularly relevant to postgraduate and postdoctoral students undertaking research in all areas of European integration and international political economy, while also being appropriate for a professional audience.
Table of Contents
Introduction PART I Competitiveness and employment 1 Comparing welfare in Europe and the United States 2 Technology regimes and productivity growth in Europe and the United States: a comparative and historical perspective 3 Longer-term competitiveness of the Wider Europe 4 How well do the clothes fit? Priors and evidence in the debate over flexibility and labour market performance 5 Convergence via two-tier reforms and growthless job creation in Europe 6 Employment and labour productivity in the EU: reconsidering a potential trade-off in the Lisbon strategy 7 Migration, labour markets, and integration of migrants: an overview for Europe with a comparison to the US 8 International migrations: some comparisons and lessons for the European Union 9 American fiscal policy in the post-war era: an interpretive history 10 Fiscal policy in Europe: the past and future of EMU rules from the perspective of Musgrave and Buchanan PART II Governance and social policy 11 Economic institutions and policies in the US and the EU: convergence or divergence? 12 Between neo-liberalism and no liberalism: progressive approaches to economic liberalization in Western Europe 13 Is there a European welfare model distinct from the US model? 14 The Welfare State and Euro-growth 15 The policy of insolvency EU-US 16 Phases of competition policy in Europe 17 European Union expansion: a constitutional perspective 18 Europe's constitutional imbroglio 19 From accidental disagreement to structural antagonism: the US and Europe: old and new conflicts of interest, identities, and values, 1945-2005
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