JEAN MONNET CHAIR IN ECONOMICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Economics of European Integration
 

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Undergraduate Syllabus
Dr. Carlos SAN JUAN
Professor Jean Monnet
Email: csm@eco.uc3m.es
Office 15.2.29
Hours: T 11-12h.  and by appointment

Dr. Andrea Schrage
Visiting Professort
Email: aschrage@eco.uc3m.es
Office 15.1.04
Hours: M 14-16h.  and by appointment

Teaching Assistant: Camilo Ulloa
Email: culloa@eco.uc3m.es
Office 15.1.04
Hours: T 11-12h.  and by appointment

4TH YEAR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
SPRING 2008

COURSE GOAL

This course will be a survey of various economic issues related to the  European Union (EU). Among the goals is to acquaint you with important issues in the economics of integration as well as many of the practical problems faced by countries as they attempt to integrate in the face of very diverse cultures and extremely complicated economic systems. We will also consider historical and institutional aspects of these countries as well as highlighting the differences between the NAFTA and the EU.

COURSE OUTLINE

This course is about using economic principles to analyze the EU issues.
Some of the topics we address are:
 

• Theory and measurement of the economic integration
• European monetary integration
• The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
• The enlargement of the EU
• EU regional policy
• EU environmental policy
• External trade policy
• The future of the EU

TEXT

The required text is:

• HITIRIS, Theo (2003): European Union Economics. Prentice Hall Finacial Times. London. 6ht. edition

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Complementary text book:

• EL-AGRAA, Ali M. (2004):The economics of the European Community. Harverster Wheatsheaf. 7th edition.
• SAN JUAN and MONTALVO (Eds.) (1997): Environmental Economics in the European Union. Mundi-Prensa & Univ. Carlos III Madrid.  (Soldout: Availables copies at the library Maria Moliner)

• Periodically I will make available supplementary material. Click in News and notices.

CLASS PARTICIPATION

I encourage you to ask questions and get involved. On occasion, I may give readings to be used for in-class discussions/writing assignments. Readings will primarily include articles and documents from the European Commission and other news sources. Periodically you must send by Email the exercises of the practical lessons to the TA and also and a personal outline of the text book chapter of the lesson that the professor is currently explaining at the class room.

• Schedule for spring 2009
• Class meet: Room 14.1.04  Monday and Tuesday 11-13h. The practices with the TA are on Tuesday 11-12h.
• Instructions begins  February 2nd., 2009
• Spring recess   April, 6th. to 13th.
• Instruction ends  May, 29th. 2009
• Final exam Jun,  2009  and September,  2009 (check the list of exam dates in the uc3m web)

 

Lessons by chapters of  the text book and required readings:

Library Session: EU facts and data. Handout for the Library special session on documentation, Eurostat and the Basic Statistics of the EU and Chtpt.-4 Hitiris pp. 85-100: The budget of the EU. Eurostat stadistics of the EU

Lesson 1: Introduction. Chtpt.-1 Hitiris pp. 1-5: Forms of economic association

Lesson 2: The Integration process. Chtpt.-2 Hitiris pp. 31-32 and 49-57: The EC and the EU Cronology   History

Lesson 3. European Integration. Theory Chtpt.-1 Hitiris pp. 6-23: The theory of economic integration GRAPHS

Lesson 4: Trade and regional integration. Chtpt.-1 Hitiris pp. 23-30: Free trade versus restricted trade

Lesson 5: Institutions of the EU. Chtpt.-2 Hitiris pp. 33-48: EU institutions

Lesson 6: The Future of the EU (Enlargement). Chtpt.-9 Hitiris pp. 211-219: Enlargement Presentation (EU ENLARGEMENT link to the web page of the Commission) Recent documents

Lesson 7: European Monetary Integration. Chtpt.- 6 Hitiris pp.127-154: Euro and New Member States.  Optimal Currency Areas Theory and the Eurozone.

Lesson 8: CAP Markets Organization and CAP reforms. Chtpt.-7 Hitiris pp.155-185: Agriculture Enlargement and Agriculture - CAP Reforms

Lesson 9: EU Regional Policy. Chtpt.-9 Hitiris pp. 221-237: Regional Policy   Regional Policy Presentation  Regional Policy in the EU-25 2005 Structural Funds

Lesson 10: Environmental Policy. Chtpt.-13 Hitiris 311-332 Energy and the environment Renewable Energy: Wind Energy

Lesson 11: External Trade Policy. Chtpt.-8 Hitiris187-198:Trade policies Presentation external trade policy

Lesson 12: The Future of the EU: The Lisbon Treaty
 

Selected readings:

The selected readings to prepare the outlines are available in “Reprografia” building 9, ground floor , under the title:

"European Union Economics"

Clave: 841

Comentarios y sugerencias: Carlos San Juan - csm@eco.uc3m.es