Regionalism in Europe Geometries and Strategies After 2000

Over the past 40 years, the European Union has been a great force of attraction for new members. At the same time it has entered a host of bilateral and multilateral regional agreements with non-member countries. The result of these developments is a rather unique form of regionalism in Europe, cons...

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Other Authors: von Hagen, Jürgen (Editor), Widgren, Mika (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Series:ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: Theoretical and Institutional Aspects of Regionalism
  • 1 Federalism with Overlapping Jurisdictions and Variable Levels of Integration: The Concept of FOCI
  • 2 On the Long-Run Effects of Expanding Regionalism
  • 3 Trade Regionalism in Europe: Towards an Integrated Approach
  • II: Regional Policy in Europe
  • 4 Regional Economic Convergence: Is European Regional Policy Worth Keeping
  • III: Regional Implications of European Monetary Union
  • 5 Northern Light: Do Optimal Currency Area Criteria Explain Nordic Reluctance to Join EMU?
  • 6 Europe’s Outsiders and their Challenges with EMU
  • IV: Regionalism: The EU and Other Regions
  • 7 Nordic Integration and European Integration
  • 8 Deep Integration, Nondiscrimination, and Euro-Mediterranean Trade
  • 9 Turkey’s Strategic Trade Policy Alternatives in a World of Multi-Polar Trade Blocs: Lessons from an Intertemporal, Multi-Region General Equilibrium Model
  • 10 Post Lomé Trading Arrangements: The Multilateral Option