Changing institutions in the European Union : a public choice perspective / edited by Giuseppe Eusepi, Friedrich Schneider.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eusepi, Giuseppe, 1949-

Schneider, Friedrich.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Monetary Union.

Monetary unions--European Union countries.

Monetary unions.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Economic integration.

Physical Description:

xv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2004]

Contents:

Part I The Underside of Eu Fiscal Institutions: Budget, Deficit, Debt and Regulation

1 EMU fiscal rules: new answers to old questions? / Fabrizio Balassone, Daniele Franco 3

2 Indebtedness and deficits of the nations of the European Union / Peter Bernholz 28

3 Tax harmonization-tax competition once again: who gives the EU orchestra the A? / Giuseppe Eusepi 48

4 The political economy of regulation: a prolegomenon / Geoffrey Brennan 72

Part II Becoming Euro: Internal Stability and International Crises

5 EMU as an evolutionary process / Pier Carlo Padoan 95

6 The role of international monetary institutions after the EMU and the Asian crises: some preliminary ideas using constitutional economics / Friedrich Schneider 125

7 A curmudgeon's view of EMU / Gordon Tullock 153

Part III Two Issues at Work: Voting and Contracting

8 Towards a more consistent design of parliamentary democracy and its consequences for the European Union / Charles B. Blankart, Dennis C. Mueller 169

9 A small country in Europe's integration - generalizing the political economy of the Danish case / Martin Paldam 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843765152

OCLC:

53443241