The European Union

NIGEL ALLINGTON Bye Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics, Downing College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK; Member, Julian Hodge Applied Macroeconomics Institute, Cardiff University, UK JOSAe ALBIAC Researcher, Economics Department, CITA (Government of Aragon), Spain RUI HENRIQUE ALVES Invited Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, Portugal DAVIDE FURCERI University of Illinois, Chicago, USA JESA'S FERREIRO Associate Professor in Economics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain JOCHEN HARTWIG Researcher, Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research, Switzerland; Lecturer, University of St Gallen, Switzerland; Lecturer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland ECKHARD HEIN Senior Researcher for Macroeconomic Policies, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Hans Boeckler Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany; Visiting Lecturer, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany JUAN RAMA"N MURUA Professor of Economics, Applied Economics Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) TORSTEN NIECHOJ Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Goettingen, Germany MARGIT SCHRATZENSTALLER Researcher, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna, Austria; University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, Austria FELIPE SERRANO Professor in Economics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain; Head of Department, Applied Economics V, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

This book considers some important economic issues currently facing the EU and examines its prospects. Topics covered include: the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines; the Growth and Stability Pact; company taxation in the enlarged EU; and the CAP and the European constitution and fiscal federalism.This book considers some important economic issues currently facing the EU and examines its prospects. Topics covered include: the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines; the Growth and Stability Pact; company taxation in the enlarged EU; and the CAP and the European constitution and fiscal federalism.