Llicenciatura en Economia (3322)
Llicenciatura en Administració i Direcció d'Empreses (3323)

Economia Europea(11853) 

Tema 1. An overview of European economic growth in the 20th century

1.1. World War I as a breaking point.
1.2. Lessons from the Interwar years.
1.3. Consequences of World War II.

Tema 2. Europe and the new international economic order

2.1. The Bretton Woods agreements and GATT.
2.2. The reconstruction of Western Europe.
2.3. The centrally planned economies.

Tema 3. Economic cooperation in Europe

3.1. The formation of the Soviet block.
3.2. OEEC trade liberalization and EPU.
3.3. Economic integration: The origins.

Tema 4. The high years of the West European model

4.1. The golden age of capitalism.
4.2. Economic policies in the Sixties.
4.3. The economic impact of the European communities.

Tema 5. Europe facing the Bretton Woods collapse

5.1. The breakdown of the fixed exchange monetary system.
5.2. The impact of the oil crisis.
5.3. The illness of the European model: stagflation.

Tema 6. Contrasts in economic policies in the Eighties

6.1. The full employment goal.
6.2. Efficiency, deregulation and privatization.
6.3. The fight against inflation.

Tema 7. The European economy in globalization

7.1. Transition from central planning to market economy.
7.2. The new wave of technological change. Asymmetries in market liberalizations.
7.3. From a single market to a common currency.

Oral presentations of case studies (last two weeks)

1. Germany.
2. France.
3. United Kingdom.
4. Italy.
5. Belgium.
6. Netherlands.
7. Scandinavian countries.
8. Spain.
9. Ireland, Greece and Portugal.
10. Applicants to European Union membership.

Bibliografia

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FEINSTEIN, C.; TEMIN, P.; TONIOLO, G. The European economy between the wars. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
FOLEY, B. (ed.). European economies since the Second World War. Houndmills: Macmillan, 1998.
NEAL, L.; BARBEZAT, D. The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe. Nova York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
SCHULZE, M-S. (ed.). Western Europe. Economic and social change since 1945. Londres: Longman, 1997.
VAN DER WEE, H. Prosperidad y crisis. Reconstrucción, crecimiento y cambio, 1945-1980. Barcelona: Crítica, 1986.