| Description |
xiii, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 70
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Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 70.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Comparing welfare in Europe and the United States / Robert J. Gordon -- Technology regimes and productivity growth in Europe and the United States : a comparative and historical perspective / Bart Van Ark and Jan Pieter Smits -- Longer-term competitiveness of the Wider Europe / Karl Aiginger and Michael Landesmann -- How well do the clothes fit? : priors and evidence in the debate over flexibility and labour market performance / Richard B. Freeman -- Convergence via two-tier reforms and growthless job creation in Europe / Tito Boeri -- Employment and labour productivity in the EU : reconsidering a potential trade-off in the Lisbon strategy / Karl Pichelmann and Werner Roeger -- Migration, labour markets, and integration of migrants : an overview for Europe with a comparison to the US / Rainer Münz -- International migrations : some comparisons and lessons for the European Union / Giovanni Peri -- American fiscal policy in the postwar era : an interpretive history / Alan J. Auerbach -- Fiscal policy in Europe : the past and future of EMU rules from the perspective of Musgrave and Buchanan / Marco Buti and André Sapir -- Economic institutions and policies in the US and the EU : convergence or divergence? / Élie Cohen and Jean Pisani-Ferry -- Between neo-liberalism and no liberalism : progressive approaches to economic liberalization in Western Europe / Jonah D. Levy -- Is there a European welfare model distinct from the US model? / Agnes Streissler -- The welfare state and Euro-growth / Peter H. Lindert -- The policy of insolvency EU - US / Dieter Stiefel -- Phases of competition policy in Europe / Andreas Resch -- European Union expansion : a constitutional perspective / Dennis C. Mueller -- Europe's constitutional imbroglio / Gérard Roland -- From accidental disagreement to structural antagonism : the US and Europe : old and new conflicts of interest, identities, and values, 1945-2005 / Michael Gehler. |
| Subject |
Europe -- Economic policy.
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Europe. |
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Economic policy. |
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United States -- Economic policy.
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United States. |
| Added Author |
Eichengreen, Barry J.
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Landesmann, Michael A.
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Stiefel, Dieter.
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| ISBN |
9780415771726 hardback |
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0415771722 hardback |
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9780203945711 e-book |
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0203945719 e-book |
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