Topic outline
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General information
Schedule. Monday (16-18) and Thursday (14-16)
Book. The main reference is Baldwin and C. Wyploz [BW], The Economics of European Integration, McGraw-Hill, last edition
Exam. 14/01/2015; 10/02/2015; 10/06/2015; 08/07/2015; 10/09/2015
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EU some facts & history
Read Chapters 1 and 2 [BW]
Additional readings
Quick reference on the Evolution of the EU. Chapter 3. John McCormick (2005), Understanding the European Union. A Concise Introduction, 3rd Edition, Palgrave
Winston Churchill's Zurich Speech (September 19, 1946)
The Schuman Declaration (May 9, 1950)
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Due to Sunday (4/10/2015). You can do all the attempts you want, but at the end you should answer to all the 8 questions correctly to pass it. Good luck!!!
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Reference: Chapter 3 [BW]
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Reference: Chapter 19 [BW]
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Jürgen von Hagen, Ludger Schuknecht, Guido Wolswijk 21 December 2009
Spreads on government bonds in the EU15 have risen dramatically since the Lehman default in September 2008. This column shows that financial markets’ reactions were not random but rather reflect an intensification of risk concerns, especially regarding the state of public finances. German bonds have acquired a ‘safe-haven' status that they did not have before.
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Pietro Alessandrini, Andrew Hughes Hallett, Andrea F Presbitero, Michele Fratianni 16 May 2012
Unsustainable debt along Europe’s periphery is bringing the euro to breaking point. But this column argues that this is not simply the result of fiscal ill-discipline. After 2010, the Eurozone crisis went from a fiscal crisis to a balance-of-payments crisis – with different prescriptions for policy.
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Rebooting Consensus Authors 20 November 2015
The Eurozone needs fixing, but it is impossible to agree upon the steps to be taken without agreement on what went wrong. This column introduces a new CEPR Policy Insight that presents a consensus-narrative of the causes of the EZ Crisis. It was authored by a dozen leading economists from across the spectrum. The consensus narrative is supported by a long and growing list of economists.
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Richard Baldwin, Francesco Giavazzi 07 September 2015
This chapter introduces the eBook "The Eurozone Crisis: A Consensus View of the Causes" and extracts a consensus narrative of the EZ Crisis.
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Joseph Stiglitz 09 May 2013
The world has seen a hundred financial crises in the past three decades. In this column, Nobelist Joe Stiglitz argues that we could have done much more to prevent this crisis and to mitigate its effects. Looking ahead, we can do much more to prevent the next one. This is a chance to revolutionise flawed economic models, and perhaps exit from an interminable cycle of crises.
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The eurozone crisis
The eurozone crisis on the Vox
In or out the EU? (a BBC debate)
Treaties
Developments up to the Single European Act
The Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties: prospects for the European Union
The Single Market Programme & EEA
EIU resources on EU
European union information research guide
This Research Guide covers the EU depository collection (European Documentation Centre) of official documents and publications, together with EU related databases, registers, websites, news and reference resources. The EUI Library collects both primary and secondary materials about the European Union, which are accessible through the Classic catalogue.