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...

This book explores the intricate connection between the Single Market, characterized by the freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor within and across Europe, and the Digital Single Market, the virtual space that promotes freedom of movement of information and data. Both a...

Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Borders and Frontiers in the Internet Age -- Chapter 2 Socio-Economic Evolution of the European Union: A Frontier Perspective -- Chapter 3 What is the Electronic Frontier? -- Chapter 4 The Electronic Frontier in the European Union -- Conclusions. .

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...

Introduction -- The Role of Banks in Financial Integration: Some New Theory and Evidence from New EU Members -- Interdependence Between Foreign Exchange Markets and Stock Markets in Selected European Countries -- The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons, EU Reforms and G20 Issues -- Financial...

This book provides a critical analysis of The European Union’s regulatory framework for mobile payments and bitcoin. Chapters discuss the creation of the EU single market for e-payments and combine legal analysis with comparative case studies in their exploration of the regulatory challenges...

1. Energy Poverty Revisited -- 2. Understanding Energy Poverty, Vulnerability and Justice -- 3. Energy Poverty Policies at the EU Level -- 4. The European Energy Divide -- 5. Concluding Thoughts - Embracing and Capturing Complexity

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....