ECON339-20SU1 (C) Summer Jan 2020 start

The Economics of European Integration

This occurrence is not offered in 2020

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 6 January 2020
End Date: Sunday, 9 February 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 12 January 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 26 January 2020

Description

Since the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the European Union (EU) has grown from a small customs union with six member states to become the largest integrated market in the world, with 28 members, more than 500 million citizens and a combined gross domestic product larger than that of the United States. This course provides an economic analysis of the processes and policies which have driven Europe's economic and political integration, exploring the implications of a single market in which goods and services, labour and capital can move freely.

European integration started in early 1950s, and has made significant progress, which is regarded nowadays as the most successful example of regional integration in the world. By enlargement, the membership has increased from 6 to 28 states; and by deepening, integration and harmonization has gradually upgraded from first pillar (community) towards second (Common Foreign and Security Policy) and third pillar (Judicial and Internal Affairs Cooperation).  European economic integration concentrating in the community pillar is the most fruitful field of the European integration, from European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) to the European Economic Community (EEC), Custom Union, Single Market and to the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), while implementing series of common policies such as Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Common Competition Policy, trade policy as well as reginal policy etc. At the same time it has been facing significant challenges like the sovereign debt crisis and the recent Brexit influencing EU greatly both in economy and in politics.

This course provides an economic analysis of the process and policies, which have driven Europe's economic and political integration, and explores the implications of integration. It also addresses new EU topics, including TPP, TIP, Brexit and their impacts.

LECTURE TOPICS
Following a brief introduction to the institutions shaping European integration, this course provides an economic analysis of its processes and policies, which have driven Europe’s economic integration and social harmonization. The integration process has totally resharpened Europe on one hand, and strongly influenced the world on the other hand. We will analyse this from both theoretical and practical perspectives.  
The course is composed of five parts:

• Part I: An  Introduction of the origin, evolution and prospects for European Union, including its institutions, decision making mechanism, process of internal market etc.,

• Part II: Main Economic Policies of the European Union, covering the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Common Competition Policy, Structural and Regional Policy.

• Part III: Monetary Integration of the EU, focusing on the analysis of the European Monetary System (EMS) and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), Euro and the currency union, and sovereign debt crisis.

• Part IV: External economic relations of EU, including the analysis of trade policy, WTO, FTA negotiations, TPP, TIP and economic relations between EU and its partners such as New Zealand and China.

• Part V: Economic integration and social harmonization, Brexit and its impact.

(Image: "European Investment Bank Luxembourg (view from S)" by Palauenc05, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Learning Outcomes

  • Objectives — after their work in this course, students are expected to be able to:
  • Acquire knowledge of the history of European economic integration since early 1950s.
  • Analyse the economic effects of main EU integration policies.
  • Understand the mechanism of internal market integration, especially in the aspect of monetary integration, and explore the causes of sovereign debt crisis, evaluate effects of rescue policies.
  • Comprehend the economic diplomacy of EU, be equipped with knowledge of popular economic negotiations and analyse its economic relations with main partners.
    Reflect on the interactive relation of economic integration and social harmonization, and critically evaluate the outcomes of Europe integration concerning challenges.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Any 30 points at 200 level in EURA or ECON, or
any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA

Restrictions

EURO339, EURA339

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance Head of Department

Textbooks / Resources

Additional readings will be provided as electronic files on Learn.

Course links

Library portal
LEARN The full Course Outline is available on LEARN (only for students enrolled in this course).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $822.00

International fee $3,688.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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