The European Union / Manoranjan Dutta -- A constitution for Europe / Manoranjan Dutta -- The European Union (EU) : the challenges ahead / Manoranjan Dutta -- The EU and USA / Manoranjan Dutta -- The EU : a learning model / Manoranjan Dutta -- Historical progression of the European Union /...

The EU budget : how much scope for institutional reform? / Raymond Ritter -- From the stability and growth pact to a sustainability council for EMU / Jurgen von Hagen -- Supervision of the European banking market / Martin Schuler -- Reasons and implications of inflation differentials within the...

The future of government / John M. Quigley -- Intergovernmental relations, service provision and the delivery of health care in California / John M. Quigley -- The decentralization of the Belgian government / Lynn C. Todman -- The economic development and fiscal structure under a federal system...

The United States of Europe considers the post-WWII transition of Europe from a diverse and disparate continent to the economically integrated European Union of today. Initiated by the Benelux Customs Union, and later the European Coal and Steel Cooperation, the six-member European Economic...

Trade theories predict and explain the consequences of economic integration. Generally, they show that freer international trade leads to specialisation, technological convergence and faster economic growth. This study compares the conclusions of the trade theories with empirical observations of...