countries. Today’s EU constitutes an upper tier of government that affects almost every level of policymaking in each of its …, and this book surveys key economic challenges faced by the EU. - Prominent European economists examine such topics as the … aging, and worker mobility within the EU; and improving the EU’s institutional framework by reassigning responsibilities …

EU countries, evaluating the real outcomes of privatization policies in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany …

development of public debt in the United States and six EU countries is sustainable - that is, whether fiscal policies in these … Switzerland, with special emphasis in the EU chapters on the fiscal criteria for entrance into the European Monetary Union and the …

connecting citizens' preferences to political action and policy choices at the EU level? The contributors to this CESifo volume …, whether the EU will evolve "by default" into a federal state, the apparent contradiction between the evolutionary development … of the EU and the static structure of the constitution, the definition of citizenship and rights, the division and …

language, culture, and geography, but also their per capita income is less than half that of existing members. EU officials … believe that expanded integration will serve the EU's objectives of peace, stability, prosperity, and democracy; but the less … a different aspect of EU expansion. The contributors, all leading international practitioners and scholars, consider …