Lecture Economics of European Integration （欧洲一体化经济学讲座）.pdf

Lecture Economics of European Integration Fall Semester 2008 Gerald Willmann Gerald Willmann, Department of Economics, KU Leuven Economics of European Integration Gerald Willmann Fall 2008 KU Leuven Syllabus Administration instructor Gerald Willmann office HOG 02.143 phone 016 32 67 90 email gerald.willmann@econ.kuleuven.be. office hours Wednesday 10–12 Overview This course has two objectives: (i) to familiarize you with the institutional and economic aspects of the European Union and the policy areas it is active in, and (ii) to improve your ability to frame and analyze economic policy questions in a coherent and rigorous way. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of microeconomics and—to a lesser extent—macroeconomics will be required. In addition, we will occasionally look at empirical data, hence some understanding of elementary statistics will be helpful. Textbook main text: Richard Baldwin and Charles Wyplosz (BW), The Economics of European Inte- gration, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition, April 2006. additional, useful books: Paul De Grauwe Economics of Monetary Union (4th edition), Oxford 1999, J.R. Markusen, J.R. Melvin, W.H. Kaempfer and K.E. Maskus (MMKM) Interna- tional Trade: Theory and Evidence McGraw Hill 1995. 1 Economics of European Integration Gerald Willmann Fall 2008 KU Leuven Grading Your grade will be based on two exams and one term paper: 25% on the midterm exam to be given in class on November 4, another 25% on the term paper due on Jan 9, and the rest (50%) on the final exam. Logistics • the class meets on Tuesdays, 09–11