European Economies in Transition

BERNARD BOEHM Professor of Economics and Applied Econometrics, University of Technology, ViennaJACQUES DE BANDT Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Professor, University of Nice-Sophia AntipolisJAN GADOMSKI Senior Researcher, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of SciencesDANIELA GEORGUS Ministry for Justice, Federal and European Affairs of the Land, Schleswig-HolsteinMARIO A. MAGGIONO Lecturer in Economics, Catholic University, MilanBRUNO MICONI (deceased) sometime Professor of Economics, University of SienaUGO PAGANO Professor of Economics, University of SienaMICHEL QUÉRÉ Research Fellow at CNRS-IDEFI/LATAPSESIRENA WORONIECKA Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences

• List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Notes on the Contributors PART I: MONEY AND INDUSTRY The Economics of the European Monetary Integration and the Convergence Problem; F.Farina Dynamical Structural Change in Selected European Countries, with a Comparison with Japan and the US; B.Boehm & L.F.Punzo Emergence and Development of the Service Economy in the European Union; J.De Bandt PART II: GOVERNMENT, GOVERNANCE Lean Government: Goals and Problems; O.Fabel & B.Miconi Long-Term Care Insurance, Savings, and Strategic Bequests; O.Fabel & D.Georgus Innovation, Growth, and Coordination through Institutions: A Discussion about 'Innovation Systems'; M.Quéré Intersectoral Innovation Flows within and between Nations and Regions: Network Analysis and Systems of Innovation; M.A.Maggiono PART III: TRANSITION, FROM WHERE TO WHERE Structure and Productivity During a Simulated Transition: The Polish Case; J.Gadomski & I.Woroniecka Transition and the 'Speciation' of the Japanese Model; U.Pagano Index