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Title: PERSPECTIVES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTINENTAL ECONOMIES
By: Edmund S. Phelps (Editor), Hans-Werner Sinn (Editor)
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0262015315
ISBN 13: 9780262015318
Publisher: MIT PRESS LTD
Pub. date: 27 May, 2011
Series: CESifo Seminar Series
Pages: 512
Description: Leading economists consider the apparent underperformance of the European economy, testing various explanations against data.
Synopsis: Economists disagree on what ails the economies of continental western Europe, which are widely perceived to be underperforming in terms of productivity and other metrics. Is it some deficiency in their economic system -- in economic institutions or cultural attitudes? Is it some effect of their welfare systems of social insurance and assistance? Or are these systems healthy enough but weighed down by adverse market conditions? In this volume, leading economists test the various explanations for Europe's economic underperformance against real-world data. The chapters, written from widely varying perspectives, demonstrate the shortcomings and strengths of some methods of economics as much as they do the shortcomings and strengths of some economies of western continental Europe. Some contributors address only income per head or per worker; others look at efficiency and distortions of national choices such as that between labor and leisure; still others look at job satisfaction, fulfillment, and rates of indigenous innovation. Many offer policy recommendations, which range from developing institutions that promote entrepreneurship to using early education to increase human capital.
Reader Age: From 18 years
Illustrations: 78 figures, 55 tables
Publication: US
Imprint: MIT Press
Returns: Returnable
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ALTRUISM, MORALITY AND ECONOMIC THEORY (HB)
CAN GERMANY BE SAVED? (PB)
CASINO CAPITALISM (HB)
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DESIGNING INCLUSION
DESIGNING INCLUSION (HB)
DESIGNING INCLUSION (PB)
DIVERGENCES IN PRODUCTIVITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES (HB)
ECONOMIC DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY (PB)
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC POLICY
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ECONOMIC POLICY 56
ECONOMIC POLICY 62
ECONOMIC POLICY 79 (PB)
ECONOMIC POLICY 81 (PB)
ECONOMIC POLICY 82 (PB)
ECONOMIC POLICY 83 (PB)
ECONOMIC POLICY 84 (PB)
ECONOMICS OF TARGET BALANCES
ENTERPRISE AND INCLUSION IN ITALY (HB)
ENTERPRISE AND INCLUSION IN ITALY (PB)
EQUITY, EFFICIENCY AND GROWTH (HB)
EQUITY, EFFICIENCY AND GROWTH (HB)
EQUITY, EFFICIENCY AND GROWTH (PB)
EUROPEAN MONETARY INTEGRATION (HB)
EXCHANGE-RATE REGIMES AND CURRENCY UNIONS (HB)
EXCHANGE-RATE REGIMES AND CURRENCY UNIONS (HB)
EXCHANGE-RATE REGIMES AND CURRENCY UNIONS (PB)
FINANCE, RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND GROWTH
FINANCE, RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND GROWTH (HB)
FINANCIAL DARWINISM
FINANCIAL DARWINISM
FINANCIAL DARWINISM
FINANCIAL DARWINISM (HB)
GOLDEN RULES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
GREAT ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN (HB)
IMPERFECT KNOWLEDGE ECONOMICS (HB)
INDIVIDUAL FORECASTING AND AGGREGATE OUTCOMES
INDIVIDUAL FORECASTING AND AGGREGATE OUTCOMES (PB)
INFLATION
INFLATION POLICY AND UNEMPLOYMENT THEORY (PB)
INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC ORGANISATION IN THE ADVANCED ECONOMIES (HB)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE, PATTERNS OF TRADE BALANCES AND ECONOMIC POLICY COORDINATION (HB)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE, PATTERNS OF TRADE BALANCES AND ECONOMIC POLICY COORDINATION (PB)
IST DEUTSCHLAND NOCH ZU RETTEN? (PB)
JUMPSTART (PB)
MASS FLOURISHING
MASS FLOURISHING (HB)
MASS FLOURISHING (PB)
OEKONOMISCHE ENTSCHEIDUNGEN BEI UNGEWISSHEIT (HB)
POLITICAL ECONOMY (HB)
PRIVATIZATION EXPERIENCES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION (HB)
PRIVATIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE (PB)
PRIVATIZATION PROCESSES IN EASTERN EUROPE (HB)
PRIVATIZATION PROCESSES IN EASTERN EUROPE (HB)
PRIVATIZATION PROCESSES IN EASTERN EUROPE (PB)
PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN ECONOMY (HB)
PUBLIC FINANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY IN THE NEW CENTURY (HB)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MACROECONOMICS (HB)
REDESIGNING THE WELFARE STATE (HB)
RETHINKING EXPECTATIONS
RETHINKING EXPECTATIONS (HB)
REWARDING WORK (PB)
SEVEN SCHOOLS OF MACROECONOMIC THOUGHT (HB)
SEVEN SCHOOLS OF MACROECONOMIC THOUGHT (PB)
STRUCTURAL SLUMPS (PB)
THE 1990S SLUMP (HB)
THE 1990S SLUMP (PB)
THE EURO TRAP (HB)
THE EURO TRAP (PB)
THE GERMAN STATE BANKS (HB)
THE GREEN PARADOX (HB)
THE NEW SYSTEMS COMPETITION
THE NEW SYSTEMS COMPETITION
THE NEW SYSTEMS COMPETITION (HB)
THE NEW SYSTEMS COMPETITION (PB)
VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTLICHE PROBLEME DER DEUTSCHEN VEREINIGUNG (PB)
WORLD SAVING, PROSPERITY AND GROWTH (PB)

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