Europe and the Mediterranean economy / edited by Joan Costa-Font.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Costa-i-Font, Joan.

Series:

Routledge studies in the European economy ; 25.

Routledge studies in the European economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Mediterranean Region.

Economics.

Mediterranean Region--Foreign economic relations--European Union countries.

Mediterranean Region.

European Union countries--Foreign economic relations--Mediterranean Region.

European Union countries.

Mediterranean Region--Economic policy.

Mediterranean Region--Economic integration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>With the creation of the Mediterranean partnership and the recent move towards the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean in 2008, a new emphasis is placed on the Mediterranean in the study of European Integration. </P><P></P><P>This book brings together a collection of experts to address this important new area of study and discuss issues such as development, aid, labour, markets, human capital investment, Europeanization and institutional reform.</P>

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Disclaimer; PART I Institutionalism and the Mediterranean area; 1 The importance of institution-building in free trade agreements; 2 Cross-regionalism and MENA countries; 3 Shallow versus deep integration scenarios in the Euro-Mediterranean area: a quantitative assessment; PART II Liberalization and macroeconomic performance in the Mediterranean; 4 The transmission of growth shocks in the EU to MENA

5 Have the promises used to sell the Euro-Mediterranean partnership come true? Illustration from the Tunisian experience6 The global financial crisis and the Euro-Mediterranean partnership; PART III Privatization, labour markets and productivity in the Mediterranean; 7 The political economy of privatization in the Maghreb region: how domestic and external factors have shaped the privatization process and outcomes; 8 The impact of trade policy on wages: evidence from Egypt; 9 Trade, productivity and technical change in the MENA countries

PART IV Social welfare and public policy in the Mediterranean10 The financial sector and poverty in the MENA countries; 11 EU migration policy and the Euromed process: the role of traditional and new determinants; 12 The economic, social and environmental impacts of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613832924

9781032924120

1032924128

9781136317699

1136317694

9781283520478

1283520478

9781136317705

1136317708

9780203119891

0203119894

OCLC:

804661670