Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
8 credits
45.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Fontan Clément; SOMEBODY;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Introduction to economics.
Main themes
The course gives an introduction to the European economy and to economic policy. It provides the tools necessary to analyze the process of European economic integration. It also outlines the main European economic policies and their drivers.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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Understanding of the main drivers of the European economy. Providing a critical analysis of a selection of European economic policies. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
1. Introduction to the economic geography of Europe.
2. Long term analysis of the European economic integration process:
- The fragmentation of Europe before the European-level construction, US competition and the problem of economies of scale (1900-1950)
- The beginning of European-level construction
- The policy of national champions and its effects on European economic integration
- The non-sustainability of the national champion strategy and the acceleration of European economic integration in the 1980s and 1990s
- The current level of economic integration in Europe and the remaining obstacles.
3. Rationale behind regional economic integration: an outline of the arguments from economic theory:
- Welfare analysis
- Balassa's stages of regional integration
- Imperfect competition and regional integration
- Mattli's theory of supply & demand for regional integration.
4. An introduction to European economic policies:
- European trade policy and the multilateral trading system
- Competition & industrial policy
- The enlargement & regional policy
- Common Agricultural Policy.
Evaluation methods
Written or oral examination.
Faculty or entity
EURO
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Advanced Master in Interdisciplinary Analysis of European Construction (shift schedule)
