The paper presents a brief overview on the most important developments in European clean air policy. Special consideration is given to the activities in the European Community using, among other things, the results of an international conference on clean air policies in large European cities. In...

In this article assumptions and forecasts of contradictory manifestos of economists Eurosceptics versus Euro-optimists are confronted with reality. Some of the major findings are: (1) The convergence criteria were not applied exactly and strictly as politicians have postulated in advance but...