Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• The Case for a New Policy Framework — Introduction.
• Economic Policy for the 21st Century.
• 1: The Future of Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union.
• The Future of Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union.
• Economic Policies — Old and New?.
• The Case for Straightening Out Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union.
• 2: Economic Policy Consequences of Population Ageing.
• Towards a Positive Equilibrium for Ageing Societies.
• Population Ageing — A Problem not a Crisis.
• Economic and Social Policy in an Ageing Europe: Employment and Pensions.
• The German Pension Reform — A Major Improvement on a PAYG System.
• Activation as an Option for an Ageing Society.
• 3: The Potential Benefits and Risks of the Enlargement of the Union in Central Europe.
• Eastern Enlargement: Some Basics.
• Optimal Path into the EMU: Big Bang or Gradualism?.
• Institutional Aspects of EU Enlargement.
• Health not Wealth.
• What Can We Learn About Labour Market Adjustment in Candidate Countries from Literature?.
• 4: The Future of Public Finance.
• International Tax Competition: A New Framework for Analysis.
• An Age of Diminished Taxation?.
• What Future For The EC Budget?.
• The Development of Tax Structures in the EU Member States.
• 5: Competitiveness in the Science Based Economy.
• The Public Policy Challenge of the New Economy.
• Competitiveness in the Science-Based Economy — The Irish Experience.
• Institutions and Innovation in the European Union.
• What do We Know About the New Economy?.
• 6: The Scope for Economic Policy Advice.
• Empirical Economic Research and Economic Policy Advice: Some Remarks.
• Economic Policy Consulting: Some Personal Reflections.
• Political Economy in Economic Policy Advice.
• Contributors of this Volume.