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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818803903321

Titolo

Europe and the Mediterranean economy / / edited by Joan Costa-Font

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-31769-4

1-283-52047-8

1-136-31770-8

9786613832924

0-203-11989-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the European economy

Altri autori (Persone)

Costa-i-FontJoan

Disciplina

337.1/42091822

Soggetti

Economics - Mediterranean Region

Mediterranean Region Foreign economic relations European Union countries

European Union countries Foreign economic relations Mediterranean Region

Mediterranean Region Economic policy

Mediterranean Region Economic integration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Disclaimer; PART I Institutionalism and the Mediterranean area; 1 The importance of institution-building in free trade agreements; 2 Cross-regionalism and MENA countries; 3 Shallow versus deep integration scenarios in the Euro-Mediterranean area: a quantitative assessment; PART II Liberalization and macroeconomic performance in the Mediterranean; 4 The transmission of growth shocks in the EU to MENA

5 Have the promises used to sell the Euro-Mediterranean partnership come true? Illustration from the Tunisian experience6 The global financial crisis and the Euro-Mediterranean partnership; PART III Privatization, labour markets and productivity in the Mediterranean; 7 The political economy of privatization in the Maghreb region: how domestic and external factors have shaped the privatization process



and outcomes; 8 The impact of trade policy on wages: evidence from Egypt; 9 Trade, productivity and technical change in the MENA countries

PART IV Social welfare and public policy in the Mediterranean10 The financial sector and poverty in the MENA countries; 11 EU migration policy and the Euromed process: the role of traditional and new determinants; 12 The economic, social and environmental impacts of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>With the creation of the Mediterranean partnership and the recent move towards the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean in 2008, a new emphasis is placed on the Mediterranean in the study of European Integration. </P><P></P><P>This book brings together a collection of experts to address this important new area of study and discuss issues such as development, aid, labour, markets, human capital investment, Europeanization and institutional reform.</P>