Course Details
Country:
Hungary
Institution:
External - CEA Budapest
Course Title:
ECONOMICS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Course Number:
395
Course Description:
The course will commence with a historical overview of the initial post-war stages of formation, along with the reasons for arriving at a decision to link states in a common economic policy setting. From there, students will examine the theory and practice of economic integration, followed by monetary integration and monetary union. Exchange rate mechanism will then be considered as a tool to control inflation, followed by the progression toward the SEM. Thereafter, the various policies produced and enacted within the EU framework will be examined in terms of past formation, present performance and future expectations. In particular, the EU Energy, Environmental, Common Agricultural, Fisheries and Cohesion policies will be considered. The course will close by looking at the performance of the EU as an external competitor and the future of and for the EU.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ECON 3---
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