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An Agenda for a Growing Europe: The Sapir Report

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  • Sapir, Andre

    (Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Group of Policy Advisers, European Commission)

  • Aghion, Philippe

    (Harvard University)

  • Bertola, Giuseppe

    (Universita di Torino and European University Institute)

  • Hellwig, Martin

    (Universitat Mannheim)

  • Pisani-Ferry, Jean

    (Universite Paris-Dauphine)

  • Rosati, Dariusz

    (Szkola Glowna Handlowa w Warszawie and Narodowy Bank Polski)

  • Vinals, Jose

    (Banco de Espana)

  • Wallace, Helen

    (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, and Sussex European Institute)

Abstract
Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic stability has improved and an emphasis on cohesion preserved, the EU economic system has not delivered satisfactory growth performance. This book is the report of a high-level group commissioned by the President of the European Commission to review the EU economic system and propose a blueprint for an economic system capable of delivering faster growth along with stability and cohesion. It assesses the EU s economic performance, examines the challenges facing the EU in the coming years, and presents a series of recommendations. The report views Europe's unsatisfactory growth performance during the last decades as a symptom of its failure to transform into an innovation-based economy. It has now become clear that the context in which economic policies have been developed has changed fundamentally over the past thirty years. A system built around the assimilation of existing technologies, mass production generating economics of scale, and an industrial structure dominated by large firms with stable markets and long term employment patterns no longer delivers in the world of today, characterized by economic globalization and strong external competition. What is needed now is more opportunity for new entrants, greater mobility of employees within and across firms, more retraining, greater reliance on market financing, and higher investment in both R&D and higher education. This requires a massive and urgent change in economic policies in Europe. Contributors to this volume - Andre Sapir, Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Group of Policy Advisers, European Commission Philippe Aghion, Harvard University Giuseppe Bertola, Universita di Torino and European University Institute Martin Hellwig, Universitat Mannheim Jean Pisani-Ferry, Universite Paris-Dauphine Dariusz Rosati, Szkola Glowna Handlowa w Warszawie and Narodowy Bank Polski Jose Vinals, Banco de Espana Helen Wallace, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, and Sussex European Institute with Marco Buti, Mario Nava, and Peter Smith, Group of Policy Advisers, European Commission

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  • Sapir, Andre & Aghion, Philippe & Bertola, Giuseppe & Hellwig, Martin & Pisani-Ferry, Jean & Rosati, Dariusz & Vinals, Jose & Wallace, Helen, 2004. "An Agenda for a Growing Europe: The Sapir Report," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199271498.
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