This book presents an overview of the economics and politics implemented in the European Union and especially the Eurozone during the crisis of 2008-2012. Although it focuses on these four years, the analysis starts from the establishment of the European Union and covers the period up to the...

Weshalb der Euro der Preis für die Wiedervereinigung war -- Die EZB macht sich zum Kumpanen der Politiker -- Neues aus der Haftungsunion -- Das Recht ist unter die Räder gekommen.- Lasset die Fremdlinge zu uns kommen? -- Das Eigeninteresse der Eurokratie -- Neustart jetzt -- Quellen und...

'Enrico Marelli and Marcello Signorelli provide an excellent analysis of the causes of the Eurozone crisis and of the strategies that we will have to follow to ensure the survival of the Euro.' - Paul De Grauwe, Professor of European Political Economy, London School of Economics, UK 'After...

Inflation Convergence in Europe -- Economic Integration and Convergence in the European Union -- The Mathematical Capital and its Economic Value -- Political Decision in a Game Theory Approach -- Economic Integration and Small States: Non-Traditional Benefits -- The Greek Crisis & Co.D.TRA (Code...

This book's thirteen contributions bring together the results of recent research on determinants of regional specialization, growth, and convergence in the context of European integration. They offer fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on patterns of regional production structures,...

Broadening and deepening of economic and political integration are hallmarks of the EU and ASEAN. This book critically analyses the economic and institutional changes in both Europe and Asia. There is considerable potential for instability, but one also finds regional growth opportunities....

Economic progress in the digital knowledge society will be characterized by enormous structural change and the growth of digital services. This book focuses on the role of information and communication technologies for economic integration, networking and growth. It highlights technological and...

This book analyses the process of regionalisation and plots its future development. Regionalisation is a common feature of the changing territorial organisation of European states today. Regionalisation alone, however, cannot produce any of the benefits attributed to it without looking into the...

The enlargement of the European Union towards the East from May 2004 has generated an increase of about 100 million inhabitants in the EU population, and has especially brought along major challenges and important opportunities both for the 'new' countries and for the 'old' member states. That...