Structural reforms for growth and cohesion : lessons and challenges for CESEE countries and a modern Europe
edited by Ewald Nowotny, Doris Ritzberger-Gründwald and Helene Schuberth
Contents: Part I A modern take on structural reforms -- 1. Past and future reform challenges for CESEE and Europe at large / Ewald Nowotny, Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald and Helene Schuberth -- 2. Revisiting transition reform / Sergei Guriev -- 3. Europe's moments of truth - wicked crises, good and bad consequences / Sonja Puntscher Riekmann -- 4. Social Europe - the pillar of social rights / Georg Fischer -- Part II technological change and innovation - heterogeneous growth opportunities across countries -- 5. Innovation in the CESEE region - the role of business environment, financing and reforms / Helena Schweiger -- 6. Squaring the circle - the EU and the challenge of delivering better policies for a globalized world / Daria Taglioni -- 7. Non-tariff measures for better or worse / Mahdi Ghodsi, Julia Gruebler, Oliver Reiter and Robert Stehrer -- Part III The winner takes it all?: distributional effects of reforms -- 8. Structural reforms and income distribution: an empirical analysis / Orsetta Causa -- 9. Labour market hierarchies and the unemployment-wage nexus in CESEE and in the EU / Paul Ramskogler -- Part IV Past and current reform strategies in Europe -- 10. Structural reforms in Slovakia - past and present (never-ending story ...) / Jozef Makúch -- 11. Crisis management and economic policy shifts in Hungary after 2010 / Barnabás Virág -- 12. Ensuring monetary and financial stability in the Czech Republic / Jiři Rusnok -- 13. Sustainable pension reforms - what can we learn from the experiences of Poland and other EU countries? / Paweł Strzelecki -- 14. Europeanization meets transformation - a political economy approach to transition / Alina Mungiu-Pippidi -- Part V Reforming EU frameworks or EU countries? -- 15. Reforms in the EU: the interface of national and community levels / Lázló Csaba -- 16. Reflections on a public risk-sharing capacity for the Euro area / Hubert Gabrisch -- 17. Reviving convergence - making EU member states fit for joining the Euro area / Lucio Vinhas de Souza, Oliver Dreute, Vladimir Isalia and Jan-Martin Frie -- Index.
