Instructor:

Professor Wang He

Department of European Studies, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Phone: +86-10-8519-5730

wanghe@cass.org.cn 

http://ies.cass.cn

Course:

European Economic Integration：theories and policies

Date:

Thursday, 1.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
             (September to December)

Prerequisites:

Theory of international Economics

Level:

MA students

Credits:

3

Course Syllabus:

The major purpose of the course is to review the European institutional changes from the point of view of the European economic integration, to explore the related economic theories and policies, to analyse the important impacts of the European economic integration to the European economy and the status of European economy in the world economy. The disciplines covered by this course are Economics, Theory of economic integration, Theory of international Economics, History of European integration. The main emphasis is on the contribution of economic theory to the understanding of the integration process. There is no formal prerequisite in mathematics and statistics, but some of the readings will involve empirical studies and elementary statistics would therefore be an advantage.

Course Content:

The course adopted the most important contents of “Core Course: European Economic Integration: main economic policy areas of the EU ” and “16 Hours EMU”, which are written by European scholars for the Asian-link programme. I also add my teaching experiences to this course. The course covers the main economic aspects of the current development of the European Union. It touches on the historical, institutional and political background of European integration, but its main focus is on the economic analysis of the EU.

Chapter 1  Summary of European Economic Integration

Chapter 2  From Customs Union to Single Market

Chapter 3  Economic and Monetary Union

Chapter 4  Economic policies in EMU

Chapter 5  The Policies of the EU

Chapter 6  The EMU and World Economy

Chapter 7  A Summary of European Economy: From European Economies

 Towards A European Economy

Methods of Assessment:

·      Written paper

Reading List:

 1. Willem Molle, The Economics of European Integration (Theory, Practice, Policy)  Dartmouth Publishing Company Limited, 1990.

2. Commission of European Communities, One market, one money, European Economy, No44, October 1990.

3. Michael Emerson and Christopher Huhne, ECU report: The single European Currency, Pan Books Ltd. 1991.

4. Jorgen Drud Hansen & Jorgen Ulff-Moller Nielsen, An Economic Analysis of the the EU, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1997.

5. European Commission, Directorate General II Economic and Financial Affairs, Economic Policy in EMU, Part A Rules and Adjustment, Economic Papers, No124, November 1997.

6. Yves-Thibault de Silguy: L’EURO Libairie Generale Francaiae, 1998. (Chinese version, translated by Fang Dong liang.)

7. Paul De Grauwe: Economics of Monetary Union(Fourth Edition), Oxford University Press, 2000.

8. Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger & Jakob De Haan, European Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Oxford University Press 2000.(中文版：《欧洲货币与财政政策》，中国人民大学出版社，2003年)

9. Manuel Porto, Theory of Integration and EU Policies,  the Institute of European Studies of Macau (with a Chinese edition, also from 2004, published by the University of Macau), 2004.

10.王鹤：《欧洲经济货币联盟》，中国社会科学文献出版社，2001。

·      EU Commission: http://europa.eu.int/ (in 11 languages).

·      European Documentation Centre : http://www.uni-mannheim.de/users/ddz/edz/eedz.html.

·      Europe on the Internet: http://www.uni-mannheim.de/edz/net/enet.html.