THE ECONOMICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Céline Carrère

University of Lausanne
3rd year of B.Sc. of Political Economy & Bachelor Management
56 hours / Summer Semester


 References
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Baldwin R. and Wyplosz C. (2004) The Economics of European Integration, McGraw-Hill Education.
Hansen, J.D. and Nielsen, J.U. (1997) An Economic Analysis of the EU (2nd edition), McGraw-Hill Education.
De Grauwe, P. (2000) Economics of Monetary Union (4th edition), Oxford University Press.
El-Agraa, A.M. (2001) The European Union: Economics & Policies (6th edition), Financial Times-Prentice Hall.
Molle, W. (2001) The Economics of European Integration (Fourth Edition), Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Pelkmans, J. (2001) European Integration: Methods and Economic Analysis (2nd edition), Financial Times-Prentice Hall.


 Plan du cours Detailed Contents (PDF)
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PART I. DESCRIPTIVE BACKGROUND
  1. History, Laws, Institutions and the Budget

 

PART II. PRODUCT AND FACTOR MARKETS INTEGRATION
  2. The Types of Economic Integration in EU
3. Product Market Integration: Customs Union and Single Product Market
4. Common Market: Adding Free Factor Mobility to the Integration Process

 

PART III. GROWTH AND EU POLICIES
  5. Growth Effects of European Integration
6. European Union Policies (Agricultural and Regional)

 

PART IV MONETARY INTEGRATION
  7. The European Monetary System
8. The European Monetary Union
9. Fiscal Policy and the Stability Pact


 Exams
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  Summer Exam 2004 (PDF)
Summer Exam 2005 (PDF)
Automn Exam 2005 (PDF)


 Lecture presentations
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  Chronology 1958-2002 (PDF)
2. The types of economic integration in EU (PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.1/ Hansen and Nielsen, Chap. 1/ El-Agraa, Chap. 1
3.1. The European Framework for Product Market Integration (PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.1/ Hansen and Nielsen, Chap. 2
3.2. The Traditional Analysis (Neoclassical approach)(PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.4 & 5 /
Hansen and Nielsen, Chap. 2/Pelkmans, Chap. 6/El-Agraa, Chap. 7
3.3. New Trade Theory : the Concept of Economies of Scale(PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.6/ Hansen and Nielsen, Chap. 7/El-Agraa, Chap. 7
4. Common Market: Adding Free Factor Mobility to the Integration Process
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.7/ Hansen and Nielsen, Chap. 4
5. Growth Effects of European Integration (PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.7/ El-Agraa, Chap. 5
6.1. The Common Agricultural Policy (PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.8/ El-Agraa, Chap. 20/ Molle, Chap. 9
6.2. Regional Policy (PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.9/ El-Agraa, Chap. 22
7. A Post-War Monetary History of Europe (PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.10 & 12/ De Grauwe, Chap.5
8. The European Monetary Union (PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.13 & 14/ De Grauwe, Chap.2 & 3 & 6 & 7
9. Fiscal Policy and The Stability Pact (PDF)
  Références:
Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chap.15


 Useful Links
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• Europa: the central home page of all EU institutions

• The European Central Bank

• Baldwin and Wyplosz Online Learning Center

• Brulhart's Lectures on European Integration