Abstract Bela Balassa's Theory of Economic Integration, published fifty years ago, is a
remarkable, yet little known book. This essay reviews developments in the economic …

Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes
of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing …

With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures,
languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the …

Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional
success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic …

Normally, economists take the size of countries as an exogenous variable. Nevertheless, the
borders of countries and their size change, partially in response to economic factors such as …

This book addresses the consequences of legitimacy in global governance, in particular
asking: when and how do legitimacy crises affect international organizations (IOs) and their …

This paper surveys the recent political economy literature on countries' incentives to form
international unions and/or to disintegrate in smaller jurisdictions. The main factors that …

Through four previous editions The Economics of European Integration by Willem Molle has
established itself as a preferred textbook for students of the economics of the EU as well as a …

This article shows how a specific set of Italian economic ideas, which were first formulated in
the first half of the twentieth century and later espoused by a network of economists from …

This article compares preferences for Europeanizing 13 policies among European elites,
national elites, and public opinion. Elites are more willing to cede national authority in …