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Introduction; Theoretical foundations; Substance and purposes of economic activity; Money and credit; Debts and balance sheets; The creation of bank deposits; The creation of central bank deposits; The instruments of a central bank (monetary policy); The creation of sovereign securities (fiscal policy); The sustainability of the financial; The sustainability of the financial system; Inflation and deflation; Analysis; A macroeconomic model; Europe before the euro; The situation with the euro; Reform; How do we restore demand?; The future : with or without the euro?; Conclusion; Further readings; Index

Cover -- Contents -- List of Features -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- About the authors -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- Europe and China: The Role of History, Concepts and Ideas -- Imbalances and Uneven Focus in EU-China Relations -- The Elephant in the Room: The Role of the United States in EU-China Relations -- Conclusion -- 2 The Evolution of the EU-China Relationship -- Introduction -- The Evolution of EU-China Relations -- Perspectives on the EU-China relationship: continuity and change -- Conclusion -- 3 EU Institutions and the Making of EU Foreign Policy -- Introduction -- The Role of Member States in EU Foreign Policy -- Supranational Institutions and EU External Relations -- The Nature of European Foreign Policy -- Conclusion -- 4 Chinese Institutions and Foreign Policy -- Introduction: China's Rise and Its Foreign Policy -- China's New Assertiveness: Change or No Change of Foreign Policy? -- Identity Issues: Respect, Recognition, Reciprocity -- Chinese Foreign Policy Principles and Priorities -- China's Domestic Agenda and Foreign Policy -- Chinese Foreign Policy Actors: A Glimpse Behind the Bamboo Curtain -- Chinese Foreign Policy and the EU -- Conclusion -- 5 The Political Dimension of EU-China Relations -- Introduction -- Political Dialogues -- Drivers of the Political Relationship -- Human Rights Disputes -- Other Contentious Issues in EU-China Relations -- Conclusion -- 6 The Economic Dimension of EU-China Relations -- Introduction -- Trade -- Foreign Direct Investment -- Monetary Policy and the International Financial System -- The Impact of the Eurozone Crisis on EU-China Relations -- Conclusion -- 7 The Societal Dimension of EU-China Relations -- Introduction -- Education and Research Collaboration in EU-China Relations -- The Role of Think Tanks, NGOs and Civil Society.

This paper ail11s at l11easuring the total factor productivity (TFP) of the European agricultural finns. With a Translog index, an interspatial comparison of tIle twelve European countries and intertel11poral productivity variations are computed to l11easure the different rate of TFP (Translog, Fisher and Hulten indexes) in the European firms. The approach that we use is to calculate non parametric indexex of total factor productivity which allow flexible l110delling of underlying technology and easy calculation from the account data of the firms. The implication of the quasi-fix family work factor for the short mn and long mn equilibrium of the firms differ between countries and has consequences on the TFP path. The final cornments offer some explanation according with theory available.

'Legislating Equality' describes the development of antidiscrimination policy through the lens of European integration. Through examining the development of discourses around anti-racism and historical developments in the 1980s, the book explains the role the key players who moved the legislation forward at the EU level.

This book is a reflection of the social reality of mass migration in the EU from a legal perspective. It consists of a collection of essays reflecting on important current issues including the scope of the powers allocated to the EU, the cooperation of the EU with third countries and the emergence of international migration legal norms.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: Framework and Context -- Chapter 2: Political Competition on Immigration and the European Union -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Definitions -- 2.3 Models of Party Competition -- 2.4 A Multidimensional Approach to Political Competition -- 2.5 Research Design -- References -- Chapter 3: Debating Immigration and European Issues in Italy, the United Kingdom and the EP -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A Process of (Dis)integration? Italy and the UK -- 3.3 Immigration to Italy and the UK: An Overview -- 3.4 Party Competition in the European Parliament -- References -- Part II: Empirical Analysis -- Chapter 4: Immigration Debates in National Arenas -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Issue Salience -- 4.3 Opposition and Support to Immigration -- 4.4 Framing Immigration -- References -- Chapter 5: EU Debates in National Arenas -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Issue Salience -- 5.3 Opposition and Support to the EU -- 5.4 Framing the EU -- References -- Chapter 6: Debating Immigration and the EU in the EP -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Transnational Competition on Immigration -- 6.2.1 Issue Salience -- 6.2.2 European Political Parties' Positions on Immigration -- 6.2.3 Framing Immigration in the European Parliament -- 6.3 Transnational Competition on the EU in the EP -- 6.3.1 Issue Salience -- 6.3.2 European Political Parties' Positions on the EU -- 6.3.3 Framing the EU in the EP -- References -- Part III: Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Where do the Parties Stand? -- 7.3 Debating Immigration in National Parliaments: Issue Salience and Framing Strategies -- 7.4 Debating the EU in National Parliaments: Issue Salience and Framing Strategies -- 7.5 Continuity and Differentiation Between National and European Arenas.

This book represents the first ever comprehensive study of the EU's foreign and security policy in Bosnia. It also sheds new light on the role that intergovernmental, bureaucratic and local political contestation have played in the formulation and implementation of a European foreign and security policy

We study the effect on trade in intermediates and final goods of the Central East European Countries' (CEECs) accession into the European Union (EU) for the period 1999–2009. In doing so, we estimate a gravity model that incorporates the extensive margin of trade and accounts for firm heterogeneity. We capture the importance of production networks by including imports of intermediates as a determinant of a country's exports of final goods. We find a positive and significant effect of the CEECs accession on EU trade in intermediate and final goods. Once the extensive margin of trade is accounted for, the effect of the CEECs accession into the EU is higher on trade in intermediate goods than on trade in final goods. ; The author acknowledges the support and collaboration of Project ECO2010-15863. We also would like to thank the participants of the research seminar held at the Universität Osnabrück, Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, and the Seventh Annual Conference of the German Development Economics conference held in Berlin for their helpful comments and suggestions, which have been incorporated to the paper.