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Steinbach, Armin,

EU law and economics European Union law and economics Armin Steinbach (professor of EU law and economics, Department of Law, École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) Paris, France) - xiii, 272 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I Basics -- 1 Meandering between rational choice, realism, constructivism, and institutionalism; 2 A cursory review of economic methods -- Part II Why cooperate through EU law -- 3 What states and EU institutions care about -- 4 The logic of barter trade: Rational choice and constitutional economics -- 5 Reducing transaction costs -- 6 Supplying public goods and addressing external effects -- 7 Leveraging economies of scale -- 8 Why cooperation fails -- Part III How to cooperate under EU law -- 9 Membership of EU Treaties -- 10 Centralization -- 11 Flexibility -- 12 Non-consensual EU law -- 13 Legislative choices --14 Enforcement -- Part IV Who Cooperates under EU Law -- 15 The European Council and Council of Ministers -- 16 The European Parliament -- 17 The European Court of Justice -- 18 The European Central Bank -- 19 The European Commission -- 20 Adjudication -- Part V What to Cooperate on in the EU -- 21 European Public Goods -- 22 Internal market: economic integration -- 23 Economic and monetary union.

Applying economic methods to the institutional, procedural, and substantive aspects of European law, this book offers a unique systematic economic analysis of EU law.

ISBN: 9780198920885

LCCN: 2024947766

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law--Economic aspects--European Union countries.
Trade regulation--European Union countries.
Law and economics.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
European Union countries--Economic policy.