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With formidable challenges facing Europe today, effective and well-designed structural reforms are key to shaping Europe’'s future. This book examines the achievements and failures of past structural policies so that new concepts can adapt to address remaining and newly emerging challenges with greater success. Tangible policy advice is offered in the original contributions to this book, re-assessing past ‘'moments of truth'’ in European structural policy. The book focuses on the area of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE), not least because this region has been largely successful through a profound transition period. Highlighting the social aspects and distributional effects of reforms that go beyond liberalization and deregulation, the book covers key issues facing Europe in the future, particularly those arising from technological innovation. Structural Reforms for Growth and Cohesion will prove a useful book for academic researchers looking into European policy progress and reform. Indeed, it will also be a vital reference tool for policymakers seeking to deepen their understanding of the challenges facing a modern Europe and how these can be tackled. Contributors include: O. Causa, L. Csaba, O. Dreute, G. Fischer, J.-M. Frie, H. Gabrisch, M. Ghodsi, J. Grübler, S. Guriev, V. Isaila, J. Makúch, A. Mungiu-Pippidi, E. Nowotny, S. Puntscher Riekman, P. Ramskogler, O. Reiter, D. Ritzberger-Grünwald, J. Rusnok, H. Schuberth, H. Schweiger, R. Stehrer, P. Strzelecki, D. Taglioni, L. Vinhas de Souza, B. Virag

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Author:   Ewald Nowotny ,  Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald ,  Helene Schuberth
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781788971133

ISBN 10:   1788971132
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: PART I A modern take on structural reforms 1. Past and future reform challenges for CESEE and Europe at large Ewald Nowotny, Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald and Helene Schuberth 2. Revisiting transition reform Sergei Guriev 3. Europe’s moments of truth: wicked crises, good and bad consequences Sonja Puntscher Riekmann 4. Social Europe: the pillar of social rights Georg Fischer PART II Technological change and innovation: heterogeneous growth opportunities across countries 5. Innovation in the CESEE region: the role of business environment, financing and reforms Helena Schweiger 6. Squaring the circle: the EU and the challenge of delivering better policies for a globalized world Daria Taglioni 7. Non-tariff measures for better or worse Mahdi Ghodsi, Julia Gruebler, Oliver Reiter and Robert Stehrer PART III The winner takes it all? Distributional effects of reforms 8. Structural reforms and income distribution: an empirical analysis Orsetta Causa 9. Labour market hierarchies and the unemployment-wage nexus in CESEE and in the EU Paul Ramskogler PART IV Past and current reform strategies in Europe 10. Structural reforms in Slovakia: past and present (never-ending story …) Jozef Makúch 11. Crisis management and economic policy shifts in Hungary after 2010 Barnabás Virág 12. Ensuring monetary and financial stability in the Czech Republic Jirí Rusnok 13. Sustainable pension reforms: what can we learn from the experiences of Poland and other EU countries? Paweł A. Strzelecki 14. Europeanization meets transformation: a political economy approach to transition Alina Mungiu-Pippidi PART V Reforming EU frameworks or EU countries? 15. Reforms in the EU: the interface of national and Community levels Lázló Csaba 16. Reflections on a public risk-sharing capacity for the Euro area Hubert Gabrisch 17. Reviving convergence: making EU member states fit for joining the Euro area Lúcio Vinhas de Souza, Oliver Dreute, Vladimir Isaila and Jan-Martin Frie Index

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Edited by Ewald Nowotny, former Governor, Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald, Director and Helene Schuberth, Head of Division, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria

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