Regulatorische Rahmenbedingungen des EU-Zahlungsverkehrs -- Die Payment Service Directive (PSD I und PSD II) -- Single Euro Payments Area – Definition und Instrumente -- Die Abgrenzung zwischen PSD und SEPA -- Aktueller Status der PSD- und SEPA-Umsetzung -- Die Organe der PSD- und...

This volume, the fifth instalment of the classic Report on the European Union series, offers at once an economic and intellectual historical perspective on the creation of the euro and its 20 first years, a comprehensive review of the current and future challenges of the euro area, including a...

"Paul J.J. Welfens has written a highly perceptive study of the origins - and the implications - of what must be Britain's worst deliberate economic policy mistake since the Great Depression." -Harold James, Princeton University, USA "This book by Paul J.J. Welfens, dealing with the result of...

Subsidiarity in the European Union, as the guiding principle of decision-making 'close to the people', is often motivated and discussed from a predominantly political perspective. In this book, experts draw the demarcation between national and European policies from an economic viewpoint....

EU-Entscheidungen bestimmen den unternehmerischen Alltag -- Entscheidungsträger in der Europäischen Union -- Unternehmensrelevante Aktivitäten des EU-Binnenmarktes -- EU-Wettbewerbspolitik und unternehmerische Pläne -- Weitere für Unternehmen wichtige EU-Aktivitäten --...

This study examines whether the CEECs' financial market development can explain the EU FDI in the CEECs during 1994-2012. The higher bank credit flows had a positive effect on the FDI in 2005-2012. This can be attributed to the major banking sector reforms undertaken before the CEECs' EU...

Introduction, State of the Art and Definitions -- Infrastructural Integration in the 19th Century -- Infrastructural Integration in the 20th Century -- Relationship Between Organisational Structures, Political Processes and Agreed Standards -- Political and Socio-economic Theories and...