Competitiveness and Growth in Europe: Lessons and Policy Implications for the Lisbon Strategy

This book presents, in a coherent framework, policy-relevant research on the main aspects of the Lisbon Agenda: the determinants of growth, cohesion strategies and the role of institutions, education, R&D, and technological progress in economic performance. It is of particular interest to researchers and policy makers working in the fields of competitiveness and growth in the context of economic and monetary integration as well as to academics of European studies in general.