"Contents" [2003] ELECD 97; in Tumpel-Gugerell, Gertrude; Mooslechner, Peter (eds), "Structural Challenges for Europe" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003)

Book Title: Structural Challenges for Europe

Editor(s): Tumpel-Gugerell, Gertrude; Mooslechner, Peter

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843764748

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Contents
List of contributors viii

Introduction: structural reform and competitiveness ­ the
position and future of an integrated Europe x
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell and Peter Mooslechner
Foreword xv
Klaus Liebscher

PART I STRUCTURAL REFORMS AND COMPETITIVENESS:
WHERE DOES EUROPE STAND TODAY?

1 The European strategy for economic and social modernization 3
Maria João Rodrigues
2 Structural reforms ­ where does Europe stand today? 13
Jørgen Elmeskov
3 Structural reforms and competitiveness ­ will Europe overtake
America? 35
Jan Svejnar
4 An agenda for global economic growth ­ European challenges 47
Randall S. Kroszner

PART II FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

5 Banking sector development in the Czech Republic 63
Zdenek Tuma
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6 Foreign direct investment ­ the impact of foreign banks in
Central and Eastern Europe 84
Herbert Stepic
7 The banking system in the accession countries 91
Marianne Kager



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PART III FINANCING OF ENLARGEMENT AND
CATCHING UP

8 The financial aspects of enlargement: some remarks 105
Michaele Schreyer
9 Financing of enlargement and catching up 111
Ewald Nowotny
10 Catching up and the growth factors ­ the state of play in
Bulgaria 120
Mariella Nenova
11 Twin deficits ­ implications of current account and fiscal
imbalances for the accession countries 141
Jarko Fidrmuc

PART IV SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM

12 Pension reform: what lessons from Italy? 163
Daniele Franco
13 Adjusting welfare systems to ageing populations ­ challenges
and experiences in OECD countries 186
Willi Leibfritz
14 The quest for modern pension system design 217
Marek Góra
15 The impact of ...