On completion of the course, students should have a detailed understanding of the history and process of European integration. Students should also understand the theory and the techniques of analysis to identify the effects of economic integration on the welfare of citizens and firms. Be able to identify the main themes of the current integration process and the creation of the economic and monetary union.
Skills: Students should be able to collect information from several sites of the European Union and present a case study in a concise memo.
1. History, facts and institutions of European economy
2. Economic Constitution of the European Union
3. The microeconomics of economic integration
4. The common agriculture policy
5. .A monetary history of Europe
6 Optimal currency areas
7. The European monetary union
8. The financial markets and the euro
9. Fiscal policy and the stability pact
10. Federalism and theLisbonTreaty
Lectures are organized as expositions of the program topics supported by PowerPoint presentations available in the Moodle platform before class. Student participation is strongly motivated and for each class a 15 minutes presentation is scheduled with a period of open discussion. Student’s use of Europa, Eurostat and European Parliament sites is fundamental in the preparation of their oral presentations.
Baldwin, Richard e Charles Wyplosz.Economics of European Integration, Edição da McGraw-Hill, 2009.
Pelkmans, Jacques. European Integration: Methods and analysis, 3rd Edition Prentice Hall,2006. Steiner, George. A ideia de Europa, Gradiva 2006.
Martins, Guilherme. O novo Tratado Reformador Europeu: Tratado de Lisboa, Gradiva 2008
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