In 1992 the European Single Market was to have been completed. But there is still no truly integrated market in many fields — the EC has to overcome many obstacles yet to make this happen. Based on different EU integration indexes, it is shown that internal market integration has developed...

Seit seiner Einführung am 1. Januar 1999 hat der Euro über ein Viertel seines Außenwertes verloren. Nachdem alle auf makroökonomischen Fundamentalfaktoren basierenden Ansätze die andauernde Schwäche der europäischen Währung nicht zu erklären vermochten, hat die These, dass die Schwäche...

The focus is on theoretical and empirical questions of openness and economic development. The book deals with real and monetary aspects of the policy of economic openness. Authors from different universities and well-known institutions illustrate a variety of different topics of the world-wide...

This book focuses on theoretical aspects of international integration, on problems of European integration and on economic integration outside Europe. It also serves as a reader on these aspects. The recipient is informed about integration processes on a broad range. Effects of factor market...