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 Economy

Date:

Thursday, 1.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
             (March to June , 2008)

Prerequisites:

Theory of international Economics

Level:

PhD students

Credits:

3

Course Syllabus:

The major purpose of the course is to introduce the forming and development of the unified European economy as the result of European economic integration, to make general analysis of this unique economic entity and its role in the world economy. The students could get a basic understanding and an overview of the whole European economy. The disciplines covered by this course are Economics, Theory of economic integration, Theory of international Economics, Statistics.

Course Content:

This course covers the main economic aspects of the current development of the European Union. It describes a general picture of the whole European economy through the analysis of many important economic topics.

Chapter 1  Brief History of European Economy

Chapter 2  The Formation of Single European Economic Entity

Chapter 3  European Economic Geography

Chapter 4  European Economic Model

Chapter 5  Economic Policies of the EU

Chapter 6  Economic Growth and Business Cycle

Chapter 7  Industry Structure

Chapter 8  Technology Innovation and New Economy

Chapter 9  The Euro and European Financial Market

Chapter 10  Foreign Trade and Investment

Methods of Assessment:

·      Written paper

Reading List:

1  The European Economy: The Global context    Christopher M.Dent Routledge, London， 1997

2  EMU and the International monetary system   P. Masson/ T. Krueger 1997, IMF

3  The economics of the European Union and the economies of Europe， Larry Neal,

Daniel Barbezat   Oxford University Press    1998

4  A new economy and a new policy: the role of the European Union    R.Prodi  1999      EU Commission

5  EMU, the Euro and the European Policy mix   Coppel/Durand/Visco  OECD 2000

6  New sources of economic growth in Europe    Elmeskow/Scarpetta   OECD 2000

7  European Integration: An Economic Perspective    Jorgen Drud Hansen   2001      Oxford University Press

8  The contribution of ICTs to growth in Europe and US: a macro-economic Analysis Werner Roeger    Jan, 2001      EU Commission

9  Economic survey of Euro area   OECD    Mar, 2001

10  The European economy 1914-2000      Derek H. Aldcroft  Routledge   2001

11  Governing the European economy        Grahame Thompson   Sage  2001

12  European Union economics  T. Hitris    Prentice Hall, Financial Times   2002

13  Growth and employment in Europe  Martin Zagler     Palgrave Macmillan 2004

14  European integration and industrial relations      Paul Marginson and Keith Sisson Palgrave Macmillan       2004

·      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.