Economic and political issues in Europe

Intro -- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN EUROPE -- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN EUROPE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 HOUSE PRICE DETERMINANTS IN LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Hedonic Pricing Model -- Multicollinearity -- Heteroskedasticity -- Omitted Variable Bias -- Choice of Functional Form -- House Price Determinants -- A Description of Liverpool City -- City Centre -- Inner Core (excluding the City Centre and Waterfront) -- Waterfront -- Suburban Core -- Central Buffer -- Southern Fringe -- Eastern Fringe -- Research Methodology -- Discussion -- Descriptive Statistics -- Hedonic Regression Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE: PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY'S ROLE IN GOVERNANCE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LISBON TREATY1 -- 1. Who? -- 2. Where and How? -- 3. Expected Outcome -- 4. Required Framework -- 1) Mutuality Seems to Be an Issue that Is at the Centre in Three Ways -- 2) A Real Challenge Can Be Seen in the Process of regaining and Maintaining Proximity -- Where to Go? - Theses, Proposing an Outlook -- First -- Second -- Third -- Fourth -- Fifth -- References -- Chapter 3 TRANSATLANTIC REGULATORY COOPERATION: BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- U.S.-EU Regulatory Barriers -- Rationale for Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation -- Economic Rationale -- Political Rationale -- Counter-Arguments -- U.S.-EU Differences in Regulatory Approaches -- Political Cycles -- Values and Public Preferences -- Transparency and Rule-Making -- Institutional Capacity to Undertake Reforms -- Forms of Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation -- Information Exchanges and Dialogues -- Mutual Recognition Agreements -- Harmonization / Agreement on Regulatory Standards -- Results of Past Initiatives at Regulatory Cooperation -- Highlights of Past Initiatives

House price determinants in Liverpool, United Kingdom / Raymond Talinbe Abdulai and Anthony Owusu-Ansah -- Multilevel governance : participatory democracy and civil society's role in governance in the perspective of the Lisbon Treaty / Peter Herrmann -- Transatlantic regulatory cooperation : background and analysis / Raymond J. Ahearn -- Transatlantic regulatory cooperation : a possible role for Congress / Raymond J. Ahearn and Vincent Morelli -- Long-range ballistic missile defense in Europe / Steven A. Hildreth and Carl Ek -- Greece update / Carol Migdalovitz -- Bosnia : current issues and U.S. policy / Steven Woehrel -- Financial market supervision : European perspectives / James K. Jackson.