Tax Harmonization and Financial Liberalization in Europe: Proceedings of conferences held by the Confederation of European Economic Associations in 1989

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Case for European Tax Harmonization....Pages 3-7
The Community Internal Market: Direct and Indirect Taxation Issues....Pages 8-22
Indirect Tax Harmonization: a View from the UK....Pages 23-38
The Distortionary Effects of Taxes on Trade in Border Areas: the Republic of Ireland — UK Border....Pages 39-56
Tax Structure Harmonization in 1992: the Belgian Perspective....Pages 57-70
European Tax Harmonization: the French Perspective....Pages 71-88
EC Tax Harmonization: the German Perspective....Pages 89-98
Austria and the EEC: Issues of Tax Harmonization....Pages 99-109
Tax Harmonization: the Italian Perspective....Pages 110-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
We Should Distinguish between Financial Integration and Monetary Unification....Pages 121-125
Opening up Financial Markets....Pages 126-140
Government Finance, Real Interest Rates and the European Monetary System....Pages 141-166
Opening Up Financial Markets: the Belgian Perspective....Pages 167-176
Opening Up Financial Markets: the German View — A Survey of Theoretical Research....Pages 177-192
Financial Market Integration: the Case of France in the Light of Empirical Evidence....Pages 193-207
The Tax Treatment of Savings in Spain facing the Liberalization of Capital Movements and Monetary Integration in Europe....Pages 208-224
European Market Integration and the European Insurance Industry: Reasons for Trade, Barriers to Entry, Distribution Channels, Regulation and Price Levels....Pages 225-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Recent Developments Towards a Closer European Integration: a French Perspective....Pages 265-277
Progress and Problems in the Process of European Integration, 1987–9: a German Perspective....Pages 278-293
Challenges Facing the EFTA Countries....Pages 294-303
Back Matter....Pages 304-312