The political economy of the European Union : institutions, policy and economic growth / Gert Tinggaard Svendsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

European Union countries--Economic policy.

European Union countries.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]

Contents:

2. Political Economy 6

2.1 Political Economy 6

2.2 The Public Choice School 7

2.3 The Collective Good Analysis 11

2.4 Institutional Economics 15

2.5 Economic Growth 20

2.6 Critics 28

2.7 Social Capital 31

2.8 EU Disease 39

3 European Union 42

3.1 Rome Treaty 42

3.2 Cost-Sharing 46

3.3 EU Institutions 51

3.4 Common Agricultural Policy 63

3.5 Lobbyism 66

3.6 Corruption 71

3.7 Social Capital Measurement 78

3.8 Economic Growth 84

4. Interest Group Theory and the Case of Environmental Regulation 95

4.1 Environmental Regulation 95

4.2 Green Paper and Directive Proposal 98

4.3 Why CO[subscript 2] First? 100

4.4 Potential Gains from CO[subscript 2] Trade in The EU 102

4.5 Industrial Rent-Seeking 104

4.6 Bureaucratic Rent-Seeking 107

4.7 Lobbyism and Allocation Rule 112

4.8 Design 119

4.9 Conclusion and Policy Recommendation 130

5. International Climate Negotiations and Wind Energy 134

5.2 Kyoto Agreement 135

5.3 The Hague Failure 140

5.4 Net Gains for Countries 147

5.5 Participation of the United States 149

5.6 Wind Energy as Backstop Technology 151

5.7 Wind Turbine Pioneers 155

5.8 Subsidies and the Wind Turbine Market 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-189) and index.

ISBN:

1840649100

OCLC:

50738335