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European Integration And The Functioning Of Product Markets

Adriaan Dierx , Fabienne Ilzkovitz , Khalid Sekkat

Edited by Adriaan Dierx, Head of Sector, Directorate–General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Belgium, Fabienne Ilzkovitz, Director DG COMP/F , European Commission, Belgium and Khalid Sekkat, Professor of Economics, DULBEA, University of Brussels, Belgium

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Description
Europe’s achievements in economic integration have attracted worldwide interest and are seen as an example for other regions to follow. Ten years after the completion of the Single Market Programme, this book is able to utilise empirical data not available to previous studies, also building on research by reputed academic experts and staff at the European Commission. The book reveals that European product market integration has a significant impact on the conditions of competition, the strategies of companies and the structure of industry. It adds a quarter of a percentage to annual GDP growth rates and has not led to an increased exposure of the EU to asymmetric shocks. However, the book argues that further improvements in the functioning of European product markets are needed in order to improve the EU’s growth performance over the next decade.

Contents
Contents: Foreword 1. Product Market Integration in the EU: An Overview Part I: Microeconomic Issues 2. The Impact of a Single Currency in Europe on Product Markets: Theory and Evidence 3. Changes in the Industrial and Geographical Diversification of Leading Firms in European Manufacturing 4. Industrial Concentration, Market Integration and Efficiency in the European Union 5. The Location of European Industry Part II: Macroeconomic Issues 6. Product Market Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance in the European Union 7. The Sensitivity of European Sectors to Exchange Rate Fluctuations 8. Product Market Integration and EU Exposure to Euro/Dollar Fluctuations Index Contributors: R. Davidson, S. Davies, A. Dierx, M. Fouquin, M. Gasiorek, F. Ilzkovitz, B. Lyons, K.H. Midelfart, H.G. Overman, K. Pichelmann, S.J. Redding, W. Röger, L. Rondi, K. Sekkat, L. Sleuwaegen, D. Ulph, D. Vannoni, R. Vaughan, A.J. Venables, R. Veugelers, A. Winters