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Focusing upon the rich interplay between ongoing institutional and technological changes, the dynamics of national industrial systems, and the modifications in policy instruments of the economic framework of the common market and the single currency, this text addresses key issues for growth and convergence. A set of methodologies highlighting the structural aspects and discontinuities in such dynamics reveals new features of transition processes experienced by some of the most advanced Western economies.

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Author:   O. Fabel ,  F. Farina ,  L. Punzo
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780333794616

ISBN 10:   0333794613
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   13 June 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Notes on the Contributors PART I: MONEY AND INDUSTRY The Economics of the European Monetary Integration and the Convergence Problem; F.Farina Dynamical Structural Change in Selected European Countries, with a Comparison with Japan and the US; B.Boehm & L.F.Punzo Emergence and Development of the Service Economy in the European Union; J.De Bandt PART II: GOVERNMENT, GOVERNANCE Lean Government: Goals and Problems; O.Fabel & B.Miconi Long-Term Care Insurance, Savings, and Strategic Bequests; O.Fabel & D.Georgus Innovation, Growth, and Coordination through Institutions: A Discussion about 'Innovation Systems'; M.Quéré Intersectoral Innovation Flows within and between Nations and Regions: Network Analysis and Systems of Innovation; M.A.Maggiono PART III: TRANSITION, FROM WHERE TO WHERE Structure and Productivity During a Simulated Transition: The Polish Case; J.Gadomski & I.Woroniecka Transition and the 'Speciation' of the Japanese Model; U.Pagano Index

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OLIVER FABEL is Professor of Management at the University of Konstanz. He is the author of several articles and his books include The Economics of Pensions and Variable Retirement Schemes (1994). - FRANCESCO FARINA is Professor of Economics at the University of Siena. He is the author of several articles on monetary economics, social science and economic integration and is co-editor of Ethics, Rationality and Economic Behaviour (1996). - LIONELLO F. PUNZO is Professor of Economics at the University of Siena and group coordinator of the IDEE project. He is the author of many articles and is co-author of The Dynamics of a Capitalist Economy (with R.M. Goodwin), and Cycle, Growth and Structural Change (with R.H. Day).

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