Past, Present and Future of the European Union

This volume collects selected papers on the European Union from the thirteenth Congress of the International Economic Association held in Lisbon, September 2002. It starts with an address by Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, who sets the tone for the other papers by describing and evaluating two of the greatest accomplishments of the EU: economic and monetary union, and EU enlargement. Other authors deal in detail with various aspects of these and other issues, using a mixture of theoretical, empirical, and other tools.International Economic Association, World Congress Staff is the author of 'Past, Present and Future of the European Union', published 2004 under ISBN 9781403934864 and ISBN 140393486X.