Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa

Module/Subject matter

International Economics.

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Contents

The content of this subject is developed over 11 chapters.

The first three chapters deal with general issues, such as the EU institutional system, Community law, the Community budget and decision making.

Then, in the following five chapters a wide set of community policies are studied. Throughout them we work on understanding the most relevant community interventions, such as agricultural, regional and cohesion, competition, trade and environmental.

Finally, in the last three chapters, the Monetary Integration process up to the introduction of the euro and the international dimension of the European Union are studied, with special emphasis on the role of the euro at the international level.

In summary, it is about offering the student an overview of the most relevant elements of the European Union, studied from an economic perspective. This is intended to answer several questions, such as: What is the EU, from an economic point of view? What does it do in the economic field? How does it work? What are some of its most relevant consequences?

Contents

1. History
2. Facts, law, institution and the budget
3. Decision making
4. The common agricultural policy
5. Location effects, economic geography and regional policy
6. EU competition and state aid and policy
7. EU trade policy
8. EU Environmental policy
9. The history of European monetary integration
10. Optimun currency areas
11. The European monetary union

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General proficiencies

GP01. Ability to analyze and summarize

GP04. Writing and Speaking in English

GP06. Ability to manage information

GP09. Teamwork skills.

GP10 Working in an interdisciplinary team.

GP11. Work in an international environment

GP17. Autonomous learning

GP18. Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

GP20. Leadership

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Specific proficiencies

SP01 Understand economic institutions are as a result and application of theoretical or formal representations about how the economy works.

SP02 Identify the sources of relevant economic information and its content.

SP05 Write advisory reports on specific economic situations (international, national or regional) or sectors.

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Learning outcomes

LO10. International Economics: international trade and basic rules governing multilateral trade.

Learning Outcome 1 - LO1. To know the Community institutions and the community tools linked to the economic integration.

Learning Outcome 2 - LO2. To understand the theory of the economic integration and its empirical evidence.

Learning Outcome 3 - LO3. To know and evaluate the effects of changes in the main European Union policies like trade, competition, regional and agricultural policy, among others.

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Methodology

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Evaluation

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Agenda

1. History
2. Facts, law, institutions and the budget
3. Decision making
4. The common agricultural policy
5. Location effects, economic geography and regional policy
6. EU competition and state aid and policy
7. EU trade policy
8. EU Environmental policy
9. The history of European monetary integration
10. Optimun currency areas
11. The European monetary union

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Bibliography

Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.

Main reference:

• Baldwin, R. and Wyplosz Ch. (2020): The Economics of European Integration. 6th Edición, Mc Graw Hill, United Kingdom.

Other references:

• Jovanovic, M.N. (2015): The Economics of International Integration. 2th edition, Edward Elgar, United Kingdom.
• Camarero, M. and Tamarit, C. (Coord). (2019): Economía de la Unión Europea. 8th edition, Cívitas.
• Molinas, C. and Ramírez F. (2017): La crisis existencial de Europa. Ed. Deusto.
• European Parliament (2019): https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en
• Web EU: www.europa.eu.
• Papers related with the European Union policies.

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Languages

English.

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Location

Aulario Building, Campus Arrosadia, Public University of Navarre.

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