Webpages tagged with « political economy»

This paper reviews a significant volume discussing the emergence and development of the EMU: The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union by Petri Minkkinen and Heikki Patomäki(eds)

ARENA Working Paper 01/1999 (html)

Bent Sofus Tranøy

This paper addresses the common assumption of causality between ideas and macroeconomic policy. Typically, it is argued, the causal link is opposite, due to external pressures; however, ideas may matter when maintaining an outdated regime in spite of such changing circumstances.

ARENA Working Paper 17/1998 (html)

Ton Notermans

This paper studies the rhetoric of Norwegian and Saudi Arabian oil ministers on the basis of John Searle's typology of speech acts.

ARENA Working Paper 13/1999 (html)

Dag Harald Claes

This paper analyses the EMU debate in Sweden, drawing on a governmental report mandated to sketch out pros and cons of Swedish membership. Interestingly, the resulting report points towards a new equilibrium between Keynesian and monetarist approaches - an observation carrying wider implications for Europe as well.

ARENA Working Paper 11/1997 (html)

Ton Notermans