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"Contents" [2006] ELECD 109; in Mundschenk, Susanne; Stierle, H. Michael; Stierle-von Schütz, Ulrike; Traistaru-Siedschlag, Iulia (eds), "Competitiveness and Growth in Europe" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006)

Book Title: Competitiveness and Growth in Europe

Editor(s): Mundschenk, Susanne; Stierle, H. Michael; Stierle-von Schütz, Ulrike; Traistaru-Siedschlag, Iulia

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845426620

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents
Editors vii
Contributors viii
Preface ix

PART I OVERVIEW

1. Competitiveness and Growth in Europe: An Overview
Susanne Mundschenk, Michael H. Stierle,
Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz and Iulia Traistaru 3

PART II THE LISBON STRATEGY: MAIN CHALLENGES AND
ACHIEVEMENTS

2. Economic Growth in Europe: Pursuing the Lisbon Strategy 15
Adriaan Dierx and Fabienne Ilzkovitz

3. Elements and Determinants of Economic Growth ­ Lessons and
Policy Implications for the European Knowledge Society and
Innovation System 47
Peter Nijkamp

4. Lessons from 20 Years of Cohesion 66
John Fitz Gerald

5. Does the European Union Need to Revive Productivity Growth? 101
Bart van Ark

PART III RESEARCH LESSONS AND POLICY
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LISBON STRATEGY

6. Is the American Model Miss World? Choosing Between the
Anglo-Saxon Model and a European-Style Alternative 127
Henri L.F. de Groot, Richard Nahuis and Paul J.G. Tang
Comment 156
John Fitz Gerald


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7. The Impact of Institutions on the Employment Threshold
in European Labour Markets, 1979­2001 158
Christian Dreger
Comment 174
Jens Rubart

8. European Productivity Gaps: Is R&D the Solution? 179
Christoph Meister and Bart Verspagen
Comment 202
Guntram B. Wolff

9. Measuring Inventive Performance of the OECD Countries Using
Triadic Patent Families: Reinventing the Lisbon Challenge 205
Marc Baudry and Béatrice Dumont
Comment 224
Adriaan Dierx

10. Education, Research, and Economic Growth ­ Some Tests for the
US and Germany 227
Volker Caspari, Jens Rubart and Günther Rehme
Comment 250
Ulrike Stierle-von Schü ...