The single European market: finance

For more than twenty-five years after the EEC Treaty was signed, progress in financial integration was discontinuous, uneven, and on the whole modest. This can be attributed to a combination of economic difficulties and policy priorities, but also on reflects on the lack of a coherent, comprehensive...

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Main Author: S. MICOSSI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2013-10-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10830
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Summary:For more than twenty-five years after the EEC Treaty was signed, progress in financial integration was discontinuous, uneven, and on the whole modest. This can be attributed to a combination of economic difficulties and policy priorities, but also on reflects on the lack of a coherent, comprehensive approach. The European Commission has now developed a comprehensive project, and has managed to stir the still waters of European cooperation. The author argues, however, that its approach is largely, and indeed intentionally, based on the notion of creating “dynamic disequilibria” that will force action by markets and official authorities.   JEL: F36
ISSN:2037-3635
2037-3643