1. Edition - July 2009
32.90 Euro
2009. 200 Pages, Softcover
- Professional Book -
ISBN-10: 1-4051-8918-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-8918-7 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
Economic Policy is written for all those with an informed interest in economic policy problems. Top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. The book examines key issues pertinent to the multinational trading system, as well as regional trade arrangements and policy developments at the national level. It also provides up-to-date assessments of the World Trade Organization's current Trade Policy Reviews.

From the contents
Editors' Introduction.

1. Beyond Eurosclerosis (Tito Boeri, Università Bocconi and Pietro Garibaldi, Università di Torino).

2. Ageing and unused capacity in Europe: is there an early retirement trap? (Viola Angelini, University of Padua, Agar Brugiavini, University of Venice and Guglielmo Weber, University of Padua).

3. Elections and economic policy in developing countries (Lisa Chauvet IRD, DIAL, Paris and Paul Collier University of Oxford).

4. The rise of obesity in Europe: an economic perspective (Giorgio Brunello Università di Padova Pierre-Carl Michaud RAND and Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano Universitat de Girona).

5. Erratum.

Index.