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EU Cohesion policy, along with support for agriculture and rural
development, is one of the main items of EU spending. As such, the
performance of the policy has come under increasing scrutiny.
Perhaps surprisingly, however, past attempts to assess the
effectiveness of the EU's have proved to be highly ambivalent. This
book examines the long-term achievements of Cohesion policy from
1989 to 2012 and draws out the main policy implications. Originally
undertaken for the European Commission by the authors, this major
longitudinal study adopts an innovative approach to assessing the
effectiveness and achievements of this policy, building on case
studies of 15 regions from different parts of Europe. The rationale
for the book is to present the findings of the research in a
concise and digestible manner that will be of value to
policy-makers across the EU and to academics interested in the past
effectiveness and future direction of the policy. The research
brings out messages for the conduct of Cohesion policy in the
current programme period, covering 2014-2020. It also has
implications for the debates, already launched, on how Cohesion
policy might evolve after 2020."
EU Cohesion policy, along with support for agriculture and rural
development, is one of the main items of EU spending. As such, the
performance of the policy has come under increasing scrutiny.
Perhaps surprisingly, however, past attempts to assess the
effectiveness of the EU's have proved to be highly ambivalent. This
book examines the long-term achievements of Cohesion policy from
1989 to 2012 and draws out the main policy implications. Originally
undertaken for the European Commission by the authors, this major
longitudinal study adopts an innovative approach to assessing the
effectiveness and achievements of this policy, building on case
studies of 15 regions from different parts of Europe. The rationale
for the book is to present the findings of the research in a
concise and digestible manner that will be of value to
policy-makers across the EU and to academics interested in the past
effectiveness and future direction of the policy. The research
brings out messages for the conduct of Cohesion policy in the
current programme period, covering 2014-2020. It also has
implications for the debates, already launched, on how Cohesion
policy might evolve after 2020."
Applied economics is both an art and a science. It requires a sound
knowledge of economic theory, statistical techniques and data
sources, together with an appreciation that behavioural changes can
alter apparently established economic relationships. In this book
leading economists illustrate the diversity of the subject, and
present a series of studies that demonstrate a range of techniques
and their applications to economic policy. It contains chapters
which explore approaches to macroeconomic modelling analyses of
corporate performance, new estimates of the evolution of incomes in
the UK since the eighteenth century and assessments of the role of
applied economics in guiding macroeconomic policy. All the chapters
were specially commissioned to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the
Department of Applied Economics at the University of Cambridge, and
the contributions to the book are a fitting tribute to the work
instigated by Sir Richard Stone and carried forward by his
successors.
This Element examines efforts to strengthen Economic and Monetary
Union in the European Union, especially over the last decade,
asking if enough has been done to render it more sustainable and
resilient. Drawing on a survey of 111 leading experts on the
economics and politics of EMU, this Element reviews the
wide-ranging reforms undertaken since the crises of the early 2010s
and assesses whether they go far enough. Although it concludes that
much has been done to push the euro towards being a more complete
currency, it identifies remaining flaws and challenges which EU
leaders need to resolve.
As the European Union moves towards full economic and monetary
union, the system used to finance the Union will have to change.
The current arrangements were designed for a small community at a
relatively low stage of integration. This book considers options
for reforming the Union Budget to make it more appropriate for the
challenges which will face the Union in the next century. It
proposes an agenda for gradual reform which takes into account both
the political and economic constraints on the Union. This title is
published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for
Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at
www.uaces.org
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