Economic Policy in the European Union

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-17

3. Rationale

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4. Methods

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   Pages 32-47

5. Modalities

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   Pages 48-70

6. Macroeconomic Policy in the SOE

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   Pages 71-88

7. Macroeconomic Policy in the EMU

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   Pages 89-124

8. Structural Policies

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   Pages 125-145

9. Tax Policy

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10. The Community Budget

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11. Problems and Prospects

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    Pages 176-198

12. Back Matter

    Pages 199-214

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Sixten Korkman gives an overview of the economic policies and the economic policy regime of the EU, including EMU and the internal market. He provides analysis of policy issues in the light of economic theory and examines critically the rationale for policy intervention at the EU level. The book also describes and explains the legal and institutional set up of the EU and illustrates issues of principle by referring to practical cases of EU deliberations.

• economic policy
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• european union politics

• Brussels, Belgium

  Sixten Korkman

SIXTEN KORKMAN, Director General at the Council of the EU since 1995, assists the Ecofin Council and the Eurogroup. An economist, he has occupied senior positions in the central bank and the ministry of finance in Finland and at the OECD. Dr Korkman made his dissertation at the University of Helsinki and has published widely on economic policy issues.

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