Dear Colleague,

We cordially invite you to the wiiw seminar 'Policy Perspectives for European Integration' on

Monday, 3 July 2017, 4 pm
wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, library (2^nd floor)

Forces of Disintegration in the Wider European Economy: a Structural Political Economy Approach

Ivano Cardinale
Lecturer in Economics at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge

and

Michael Landesmann
Senior Research Associate and Former Scientific Director of wiiw

Abstract
External imbalances, diverging developments in export capacity and unbalanced growth patterns have characterized developments in the wider European economy (i.e. the economy of the European Union and its neighborhood) since the onset of the crisis. This talk analyses the major forces that push towards divergence and which generate the strains in the policy frameworks that have been set up in the European Union. A ‘structural political economy’ approach will be adopted to identify congruence and conflicts of interest between national and cross-border economic interests and how these lead to ‘nationalist’ or ‘integrationist’ biases in political-economy developments at national and European levels. Avenues will be explored concerning how the ‘integrationist project’ can be advanced in relation to some of the major challenges faced by national and European policy-makers.

We kindly ask you to register for the event. Participation is free of charge.

(Papers and presentation slides, as far as available, are posted on our homepage http://wiiw.ac.at/events.html after the respective seminars.)

Best regards,

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Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw)
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
Rahlgasse 3, A-1060 Wien
http://www.wiiw.ac.at/

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