Economic governance in the European Union 2105-M-D4ZGUE
Course topics:
1. Economic management - theoretical and practical aspects.
2. International competitiveness - selected theoretical aspects.
2. Tendencies of competitiveness in the EU and in the world.
3. Doing Business Index and Global Competitiveness Index.
5. Economic governance and stimulation of competitiveness.
6. The risk of lowering the competitiveness of the European Union and economic governance.
7. The EU model of economic governance.
8. The most important changes in the economic governance process in the EU after 2010.
9. The problem of effective management of public finances. Fiscal dimension in the European Union and in Poland.
10. "Economic patriotism" and proper management of public finances of the state.
11. Current status and prospects for the functioning of the euro area.
12. International institutions and the European Union towards financial regulation - phenomena, tools, processes, impacts.
13. Changes in the world economy and the main challenges in the economic management of the EU.
Main fields of studies for MISMaP
spatial development
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After completing the learning process, the student:
in terms of KNOWLEDGE:
- knows selected advanced methods of analysis and interpretation of data in the field of economic governance in the European Union
- understands the political and economic connections in the field of economic governance in the EU
- knows the connections of the European Union with the world, as well as the forms of economic development and competitiveness stimulation
- knows in-depth the activities of the European Union in the field of economic governance
in terms of SKILLS
- is able to use theoretical knowledge to describe and analyze economic governance processes in Europe, as well as to apply it in practice
Assessment criteria
Class attendance and active participation is obligatory (two absences are allowed).
Assessment is based on the results of a written test.
Bibliography
General reading:
Kraś I. (ed.) (2016). Zarządzanie gospodarcze Unii Europejskiej w drugiej dekadzie XXI wieku. Difin. Warszawa.
Dawson M. (2015). The Legal and Political Accountability Structure of ‘Post‐Crisis’ EU Economic Governance. Journal of Common Market Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12248. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jcms.12248
Dixit A.K. (2008). Economic Governance. In: Palgrave Macmillan (eds) The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_2611-1.
EGOV (2023). The economic governance review and its impact on monetaryfiscal coordination, Monetary Dialogue Papers, September 2023. Economic Governance and EMU Scrutiny Unit (EGOV), Directorate-General for Internal Policies PE 747.863. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2023/747863/IPOL(2023)747863_EN.pdf
Heise A. (2008). European economic governance: what is it, where are we and where do we go?. Int. Journal of Public Policy. Vol. 3 (1/2). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5172509_European_economic_governance_What_is_it_where_are_we_and_where_do_we_go.
Steinbach A. (2018). EU economic governance after the crisis: revisiting the accountability shift in EU economic governance, Journal of European Public Policy, 10.1080/13501763.2018.1520912, 26, 9, (1354-1372).
Global Competitiveness Report, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2019.pdf.
Further reading:
Acemoglu, D., and J. Robinson (2005). Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Barro, R. (1999). Determinants of economic growth: A cross-country empirical study. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Bodet, Catherine. Lamarche, Thomas. (2016). La RSE entre Institution du capitalisme et stratégie productive : une grille de lecture. Économie et Institutions. DOI: 10.4000/ei.5738.
Bressanelli E., Chelotti N. (2018). The European Parliament and economic governance: explaining a case of limited influence, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 10.1080/13572334.2018.1444627, 24, 1, (72-89).
Crum B. (2020). Stefano Merlo, Democratic legitimacy in the post-crisis EMU, Journal of European Integration, 10.1080/07036337.2020.1730347, 42, 3, (399-413).
Dawson M. (2020). Coping with Exit, Evasion, and Subversion in EU Law, German Law Journal, 10.1017/glj.2019.95, 21, 1, (51-56).
De Soto, H. (2000). Mystery of capital: Why capitalism triumphs in the west and fails everywhere else. New York: Basic Books. (lub wydanie polskie).
Dixit, A. (2004). Lawlessness and economics: Alternative modes of governance. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Engerman, S., and K. Sokoloff. (2002). Factor endowments, inequality, and paths of development among New World economies. Economia 3: 41–109.
Fabbrini F. (2016). Economic Governance in Europe. Comparative Paradoxes, Constitutional Challenges. Oxford Studies in European Law. Oxford University Press.
Giavazzi, F., and G. Tabellini. (2005). Economic and political liberalizations. Journal of Monetary Economics 57: 1297–1330.
Glaeser, E., R. La Porta, F. Lopez-de-Silanes, and A. Shleifer. (2004). Do institutions cause growth? Journal of Economic Growth 9: 271–303.
Hall, R., and C. Jones. (1999). Why do some countries produce so much more output than others? Quarterly Journal of Economics 114: 83–116.
Hoff, K. (2003). Paths of institutional development: A view from economic history. World Bank Research Observer 18: 205–226.
Höing O., Kunstein T. (2018). Political Science and the Eurozone Crisis. A Review of Scientific Journal Articles 2004–15, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 10.1111/jcms.12788, 57, 2, (298-316).
Keefer, P. (2004). What does political economy tell us about economic development – And vice versa? Annual Review of Political Science 7: 247–272.
Kirkpatrick, C. (2012). Economic Governance: Improving the Economic and Regulatory Environment for Supporting Private Sector Activity. WIDER Working Paper 2012/108. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER.
North, D. (1990). Institutions, institutional change, and economic performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Palpacuer, F. and Tozanli S., (2008). Changing governance patterns in European food chains: the rise of a new divide between global players and regional producers. Transnational Corporations, 17, 1.
Persson, T. (2005). Forms of democracy, policy, and economic development, Working Paper No. 11171. Cambridge, MA: NBER.
Porter, M. and Kramer, M. (2006). Strategy and society: the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility. Harvard Business Review. Nov./Dec., 21-38.
Raudla R., Bur S., Keel K. (2019). The Effects of Crises and European Fiscal Governance Reforms on the Budgetary Processes of Member States, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 10.1111/jcms.12972, 58, 3, (740-756).
Williamson, O. (2005). The economics of governance. American Economic Review 95: 1–18.
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