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

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 337.1/42091822
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Mediterranean Region
• Soggetto geografico: Mediterranean Region Foreign economic relations European Union countries; European Union countries Foreign economic relations Mediterranean Region; Mediterranean Region Economic policy; Mediterranean Region Economic integration
• Altri autori: Costa-i-FontJoan
• 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>
• Titolo autorizzato: Europe and the Mediterranean economy
• ISBN: 1-136-31769-4; 1-283-52047-8; 1-136-31770-8; 9786613832924; 0-203-11989-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818803903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the European economy ; ; 25.