Course Overview

This course helps to understand the economic integration process in
Europe, from the formation of a Free Trade Area to the creation of
aMonetary Union. It provides analytical as well as empirical tools to
address this process and the issues that are associated with it.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

L2 : Undergraduate courses in Microeconomics ; Macroeconomics ;
Monetary Economics.

Grading Philosophy

Ongoing assessment

Course schedule

- Chapter 1 - Introduction : Economic integration and the European
Union 
- Chapter 2 : Economic Governance : European institutions and the
European Budget 
- Chapter 3 : The European Customs Union and European trade policy 
- Chapter 4/5 : From the Single Market to European Monetary Union 

 At the end of this course, students should be familiar with the main
stages of the European economic integration process and the issues
that each of them has brought about. Students should also be able
toaddress the main economic implications of the integration process as
well as the benefits and constraints it has entailed for the
Membercountries and the European Union as a whole. They should be
familiar with the main indicators used to measure the different
aspects of the integration process (trade and financial integration
essentially).

Course type

Lecture course

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY : 
- Baldwin R., Wyplosz C. [2012], The Economics of European
Integration, McGraw-Hill (4th ed.).  - De Grauwe P. [2015], The
Economics of Monetary Union, Oxford U.P. (10th ed.).  - Robson, P.
[1998], The Economics of International Integration, Routledge.  KEY
WORDS : International economic integration; European Union ; European
policies ; customs unions ; single market ; EMU. 

Duration: 17.5 hours

Language of instruction: English

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