Political Economy of the European Constitution

Luigi Paganetto

• Contents: Part 1: The European economic eonstitution, Luigi Paganetto; Towards a European constitution: fiscal federalism and the allocation of economic competences, Jürgen Stehn; Maastricht's fiscal rules at 10: an assessment, Marco Buti and Gabriele Guidice; Productive efficiency and corporatist institutions, Ernesto Felli and Fabio Padovano; Growth,effects of European integration: implications for EU enlargement, Jesús Crespo-Cuaresma, Marie Antoinette Dimitz and Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald; Towards a European economic constitution, Renato Brunetta. Part II: Fiscal discipline and policy coordination in the eurozone: assessment and proposal, Jean Pisani-Ferry; EU institutions: the challenges of the enlargement process, Vieri Ceriani; Let social Europe(s) compete!, Tito Boeri; Are cross-border mergers paving the way to European firms and institutions? Evidence from Franc-German case studies, Gilles Le Blanc and Delphine Corteel; The Europe Central Bank and the 'economic government of Europe', Jean Paul Fitoussi and J me Creel. Part III: Economic policy co-ordination and policy regimes in the European Union, Stefano Micossi; The Lisbon strategy to the new economy. Some economic and institutional aspects, Pierluigi Morelli, Pier Carlo Padoan and Lisa Rodano; Index.