Report on the State of the European Union Volume 3: Crisis in the EU

The Report on the State of the European Union examines the progress of European integration and focuses on economic aspects of the process. This third volume in the series explores the EU in light of the current crisis.

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Report on the State of the European Union Volume 3

Crisis in the EU Economic Governance Edited by

Jean-Paul Fitoussi and

Jacques Le Cacheux

© OFCE 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-24156-5

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Contents List of Tables and Figures

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Notes on Contributors

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1 Europe’s Economic Problem Is Political After All! Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Jacques Le Cacheux 2 Globalization and the Twin Protections Jean-Paul Fitoussi 3 Euro Area Policies and Macro Economic Performance, Ten Years On: Institutions, Incentives and Strategies Jérôme Creel, Éloi Laurent and Jacques Le Cacheux 4 Peer Pressure and Fiscal Rules Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Francesco Saraceno 5 The ECB’s Quiet Hijacking of the Euro Area’s Exchange Rate Jérôme Creel, Éloi Laurent and Jacques Le Cacheux 6 The Irish Tiger and the German Frog: A Tale of Size and Growth in the Euro Area Éloi Laurent and Jacques Le Cacheux 7

Funding the EU Budget with a Genuine Own Resource: The Case for a European Tax Jacques Le Cacheux

8 The EU Environmental Strategy Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Éloi Laurent and Jacques Le Cacheux

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9 If It’s Broken, Don’t Fix It: The Government of the Eur