Economic Imbalances and Institutional Changes to the Euro and the European Union

This book offers a critical perspective from which to observe evolution of the Euro Area and the European Union in these times of growing economic and political conflict.

List of contents

Introduction: Core-periphery Patterns in the Development of EU's Regions. Eastern vs. Southern Peripherality GABRIELA CARMEN PASCARIU, ADELAIDE DUARTE PART I. INTEGRATION, GROWTH, CONVERGENCE. SOUTHERN VERSUS EASTERN PERIPHERALITY 1. The Dynamics of the EU Core-Periphery Division: Eastern vs. Southern Periphery - a Comparative Analysis from a New Economic Geography Perspective HELEN CARAVELI 2. Integration, Growth and Core-Periphery Pattern in EU's Economy. Theoretical Framework and Empirical Evidences GABRIELA CARMEN PASCARIU, RAMONA ?IGANA?U PART II. STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ENLARGEMENTS 3. EU Integration and the Centre Periphery Divide: Growth and Structural Change in Southern and Eastern European Countries ESTER GOMES da SILVA 4. Dutch Disease in Central and Eastern European Countries JOÃO SOUSA ANDRADE, ANTÓNIO PORTUGAL DUARTE 5. Structural Change, Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of Central and Eastern European Countries MARIA ADELAIDE PEDROSA da SILVA DUARTE, MARTA CRISTINA NUNES SIMÕES PART III. CORE-PERIPHERY PARTICULARITIES IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE: CASE STUDIES 6. Clusters of Rural European Regions. An Approach to Show the Multi-Dimensional Character of Core-Peripheral Patterns JOHANNA WERNER, SYLVIA HERRMANN, ANDREW LOVETT 7. Is Eastern Europe Following the Same Transition Model as the South? A Regional Analysis of the Main Migration Transition Drivers CRISTIAN Î ;NCAL?ARAU, LOREDANA SIMIONOV 8. Competitiveness of Cities and their Regions in Poland - Changes in the Light of the Growth Pole Concept EWELINA SZCZECH-PIETKIEWICZ PART IV. CORE PERIPHERY PATTERNS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS. SECTORAL ISSUES 9. Fiscal Decentralisation and Self-Government Practices: Southern vs. Eastern Periphery of the European Union MIHAELA ONOFREI, FLORIN OPREA 10. Continuity versus Discontinuity in the 2014-2020 EU Cohesion Policy GABRIELA DRAGAN 11. Beyond the Core-periphery Model: Policies for Development in a Multi-dimensional Space VALENTIN COJANU

About the author

Rajmund Mirdala is Associate Professor and Head of Department of economics at Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Kosice, Slovak republic. He is author of five books (Fiscal Policy in the European Converging Economies, Exchange Rates in the Central European Countries, Economic Aspects of Capital Flows Liberalization in the European Transition Economies (co-author), Monetary Rules and Their Importance in the Context of Monetary Union and Economic Crisis (co-author), The Euro Area and the Economic Crisis (co-author)). He has published 30+ articles in foreign scientific journals, 10+ articles in domestic scientific and professional journals, 40+ articles in domestic and foreign conferences. He is principal investigator in 3 projects from national grant schemes, deputy principal investigator in 3 projects from national grant schemes and researcher in 8 domestic and foreign projects. He is a member of 17 editorial boards of foreign scientific journals and reviewer for 26 domestic and foreign scientific journals (8 listed in WoS - Current Contents). His research covers following areas: Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Theory, Monetary Policy, Monetary Integration, International Financial Integration, Exchange Rates, Fiscal Policy, International Capital Flows, Transition Economies, Global Imbalances. Rosaria Rita Canale Ph.d (Naples "Federico II¿ Univ.) is Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Naples "Parthenope¿ Her research interest include fiscal and monetary policy, International economics and history of economic thought. She wrote many articles on national and international refereed journals the great part of which indexed on WoS and Scopus. She collaborates with national and international journals as referee. Some of her recent publications are: Structural Public Balance Adjustment and Relative Poverty in the Eurozone Countries: An Empirical Investigation with Liotti G. in "Ekonomický casopis¿ vol. 64, no. 8, 2016; Trust in Institutions and Income Inequality in the Eurozone: The Role of the Crisis with M. Bonasia, Liotti G. and Spagnolo N. in "Engineering Economics¿ vol. 27, no. 1, 2016; Capital Flows, Long Term Bond Yields and Fiscal Stance: The Eurozone Policy Trilemma, in "Portuguese Economic Journal¿, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 31-34, 2015; On the Objective of a Sound Public finance in the Eurozone, with Bonasia M. in "Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali¿, no. 2, 2016; Structural Adjustment and Enemployment in Eurozone with Liotti G. in "Australian Economic review¿, vol. 48, no. 2, 2015; National Disparities and Cyclical Dynamics in Italy (1872-2007). Was Mezzogiorno a Sheltered Economy?, with O. Napolitano in "International Review of Applied Economics¿, vol. 23, no. 3, 2015, Current Account and Fiscal Imbalances in the Eurozone: Siamese Twins in an Asymmetrical Currency Union with Marani U. in "International Economics And Economic Policy¿, vol. 12, no. 2, 2014; Structural Public Balance Adjustment Effects on Growth in 25 OECD Countries and Eurozone with Liotti G. and Napolitano O. in "Comparative Economic Studies¿, vol. 56, no. 4, 2014; Alternative Strategies for Monetary Policy, in "Review of Political Economy¿, no. 3, 2011.

Summary

This book offers a critical perspective from which to observe evolution of the Euro Area and the European Union in these times of growing economic and political conflict.

Product details

• Assisted by: Professor Rosaria Rita (University of Naples Parthenope Canale (Editor), Rosaria Canale (Editor), Rosaria Rita Canale (Editor), Dr Rajmund (Technical University of Kosice Mirdala (Editor), Rajmund Mirdala (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2017
• EAN: 9781787145108
• ISBN: 978-1-78714-510-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 840 g
• Series: International Finance Review
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics