This book sheds light on the activities of a particular type of economic experts: the macroeconomic modellers of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG II), who built multi-country macroeconomic models of the European Economic Community.
Antonella Rancan is a Professor of Economics at the University of Molise.Francesco Sergi is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Paris-East Créteil University.
1. Macro econometric activities at the SSRC Committee on Economic Stability.- 2. Project Link’s distinctive features and aims.- 3. Connecting national modelling teams.- 4. DG II macroeconomics and the integration process.- 5. Centralized versus decentralized approaches to multi-country models.- 6. The ‘rise and fall’ of Eurolink.- 7. Linking real and financial markets across different countries.- 8. COMPACT and QUEST models.- 9. Modelling the European integration process.- 10. Conclusion.
