Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe

Subsidiarity in the European Union, as the guiding principle of decision-making "close to the people", is often motivated and discussed from a predominantly political perspective. In this book, twenty-five renowned economic researchers and policy experts draw the demarcation between national and European policies from an economic viewpoint.

Subsidiarity for Better Economic Reform?.- Assessing Subsidiarity.- Who Shall Decide What? Citizens'' Attitudes Towards Political Decision Making in the EU.- Subsidiarity and Economic Policy.- Higher Education Reform and the Renewed Lisbon Strategy: Role of Member States and the European Commission.- Higher Education, Mobility and the Subsidiarity Principle.- European Coordination of Higher Education.- On the Roles and Rationales of European STI-Policies.- Why European Innovation Policy?.- Integrating Regulated Networks Markets in Europe.- Subsidiarity and the Internal Services Market.- Agriculture Policy: What Roles for the EU and the Member States?.- Tax Policy and Subsidiarity in the European Union.- Coordinating Corporation Taxes in the European Union: Subsidiarity in Action!.- Code of Coordination for Corporate Taxation.- Corporate Income Taxation and the Subsidiarity Principle.- Subsidiarity in Regional Policy.- Regional Policy as a Means to Curb Immigration.- Subsidiarity and Transport Policy in Europe: What EU-Subsidies Do We Need for the TEN?.