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1 The Political Economy of European Integration: Introduction.- 2 Elements of a Theory of Jurisdictional Change.- 3 Decisionmaking Inside the European Parliament.- 4 The Influence of National Parliaments on European Integration.- 5 Toward a New System of Corporate Governance in the European Union: An Integrative Model of the Anglo-American and Germanic Systems.- 6 The 1992 Single Market Program and the Interests of Business.- 7 Bank Deposit Insurance in the European Union.- 8 Social Security and Migration in an Ageing Europe.- 9 European Union Conditionally.- Contributors and Editors.

The process of European integration has momentous implications for the future of Europe. The Single European Act and the Maastricht treaty signaled the desire of Europe’s political leaders to accelerate the pace of integration. Their initiatives represented an ambitious attempt to restructure Europe’s institutions and transform its economy.

1 The Political Economy of European Integration: Introduction.- 2 Central Bank Independence and the Short-Run Output-Inflation Trade-off in the European Community.- 3 The Sectoral Composition of Trade Unions, Corporatism, and Economic Performance.- 4 The Logic of Currency Crises.- 5 Macroeconomic and Political Determinants of Realignment Expectations: Some European Evidence.- 6 Political Biases in Fiscal Policy: Reconsidering the Case for the Maastricht Fiscal Criteria.- 7 Fiscal Convergence Criteria, Factor Mobility and Credibility in Transition to Monetary Union in Europe.- 8 Regional Wage Differentials: A Comparison of the European Union and the United States.- 9 Economic Integration and Unemployment in the EFTA Countries.- 10 European Integration and the Regionalization of World Trade and Currencies: The Economics and the Politics.- Contributors and Editors.