Achieving Dynamism in an Anaemic Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Perspectives on Growth, Trade, and Social Agenda Expenditures in the Eurozone During the Rest of this Decade, With and Without the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

   • Fred Campano, Lucio Laureti, Dominick Salvatore

   Pages 1-11

3. Can Trade Become Again an Engine of Growth for Europe and the World?

   • Moreno Bertoldi, Christopher Mc Innes

   Pages 13-27

4. Trade Margins and Exchange Rate Regimes: New Evidence from a Panel VARX Model

   • Lilia Cavallari, Stefano D’Addona

   Pages 29-48

5. Rebalancing and the Euro

   • Paul van den Noord

   Pages 49-67

6. What Kind of Financial Integration Under Banking Union?

   • Mauro Grande

   Pages 69-91

7. Structural Reforms in the Eurozone: A Case of Self-defeating Expectations?

   • Luigi Bonatti, Andrea Fracasso

   Pages 93-121

8. Transatlantic Austerity 2010–13. A Comparative Assessment

   • Roberto Tamborini

   Pages 123-161

9. What Went Wrong with Western Europe? An Essay on the Causes of Its Economic Decline and on Possible Remedies

   • Giuseppe Tullio

   Pages 163-175

10. Revitalising Europe’s Economy: Towards Growth

    • Lorenzo Codogno

    Pages 177-196

11. The Corporatist Antagonism to Economic Dynamism

    • Juan Vicente Sola

    Pages 197-230

12. Growing-by-Unleashing Grassroots Entrepreneurship and Alibaba Innovations

    • Ying Lowrey

    Pages 231-250

13. The Evolution of European Energy and Climate Policies: The View of a Market Player

    • Simone Mori, Giuseppe Montesano

    Pages 251-274

14. Towards a Fair and Rigorous International Emissions Trading System: A Blueprint for Success

    • Odin K. Knudsen

    Pages 275-283

15. Corruption of the Institutional System: Remedies

    • Marco D’Alberti

    Pages 285-290

16. Governance, Moral and Economic Values

    • Luigi Paganetto, Pasquale L. Scandizzo

    Pages 291-302

This book explores the reasons behind Europe’s poor performance in terms of overall growth and its progressively diminishing role in the global context. Recognizing that the big challenge is to restore confidence and hope in Europe, potential solutions are discussed. The volume comprises a selection of contributions to the XXVI Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar (Rome, 2014), the most recent of a series of seminars that have provided outstanding scholars with an opportunity to discuss key topics in economic research.

In recent years the persistence of high unemployment and low growth has increased the Euroscepticism that has targeted the euro and the Brussels bureaucracy. Readers will find this book a fascinating source of information on current thinking regarding topics such as European industrial policy, European governance, unemployment, the euro and competitiveness, trade and financial integration, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, anticorruption policies, and energy and climate policies. In particular, it examines the structural reforms and commitment to development that will be required for Europe to become a region characterized by social justice, dynamism, and opportunities for all.

• Alibaba innovations
• Anticorruption policy
• Banking union
• Carbon emission markets
• Corruption and growth
• EU integration
• Energy and climate policies
• European Union
• European governance
• Euroscepticism
• Eurozone
• Growth in Europe
• Mass flourishing
• Transatlantic trade and investment deal
• XXVI Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar

• FUET, Economics Foundation, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

  Luigi Paganetto

Luigi Paganetto is Emeritus Professor and Full Professor of European Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and President of the Economics Foundation Tor Vergata for Economic Research. He participates as an expert in European and International working groups. He is the author of articles and books in the fields of Macroeconomics, International Economics, Italian and European Industrial Economics, and Energy and Environment.

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