Introduction / Mathias Dewatripont, André Sapir and Khalid Sekkat -- How much has LDC trade affected Western job markets? / Richard Freeman and Ana Revenga -- Relative prices, trade and restructuring in European industry / Damien Neven and Charles Wyplosz -- Labour market effects of trade with...

The book reveals that European product market integration has a significant impact on the conditions of competition, the strategies of companies and the structure of industry. It adds a quarter of a percentage to annual GDP growth rates and has not led to an increased exposure of the EU to...

EMU is a completely new policy regime which has significant economic implications and which, it is hoped, will ultimately enhance the role of Europe on the world stage. EMU and Economic Policy in Europe takes stock of the initial experiences of EMU and assesses the challenges which will have to...

Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic stability has improved and an emphasis on cohesion preserved, the EU economic system has not delivered satisfactory growth...