Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe

Download or read book Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe written by George Gelauff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subsidiarity in the European Union, as the guiding principle of decision-making "close to the people", is often motivated and discussed from a predominantly political perspective. In this book, experts draw the demarcation between national and European policies from an economic viewpoint. Insights from economic theory and empirical research are used both to analyse the assignment of policies between the EU and its member states and to identify appropriate levels of decision-making.