The European Union: Current Problems and Prospects

NIGEL ALLINGTON Bye Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics, Downing College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK; Member, Julian Hodge Applied Macroeconomics Institute, Cardiff University, UKJOSÉ ALBIAC Researcher, Economics Department, CITA (Government of Aragón), SpainRUI HENRIQUE ALVES Invited Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, PortugalDAVIDE FURCERI University of Illinois, Chicago, USAJESÚS FERREIRO Associate Professor in Economics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, SpainJOCHEN HARTWIG Researcher, Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research, Switzerland; Lecturer, University of St Gallen, Switzerland; Lecturer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SwitzerlandECKHARD HEIN Senior Researcher for Macroeconomic Policies, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Hans Boeckler Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany; Visiting Lecturer, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, GermanyJUAN RAMÓN MURUA Professor of Economics, Applied Economics Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU)TORSTEN NIECHOJ Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Goettingen, GermanyMARGIT SCHRATZENSTALLER Researcher, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna, Austria; University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, AustriaFELIPE SERRANO Professor in Economics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain; Head of Department, Applied Economics V, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain