Considers macroeconomic policy in the European Union and looks at key issues of policy making in member states. Begins with an introduction to economic ideas, and explores monetary and fiscal policy and European integration, discussing economic policy coordination, national policy preferences, and motivations for participation in the European Monetary System. Material is based on a series of research seminars entitled "State Autonomy in the European Community," held in Oxford in the academic year 1993-94. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
The European Union and National Macroeconomic Policy examines the way in which the European Union has affected autonomy in the macro-economic policy making of the member states.
Considers the way in which the European Union has affected autonomy in macroeconomic policy-making of the member states. It begins with an introduction to economic ideas, and explores current themes surrounding monetary and fiscal policy and European integration, including economic policy co-ordination, objectives in national policy-making and motivations for participating in the European Monetary System. Particular focus is given to the larger member states:
* the United Kingdom
* Germany
* France
* Italy.
