European Economics

The Economics of European Integration

Security Economics and European Policy

In September 2007, we were awarded a contract by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) to investigate failures in the market for secure electronic communications within the European Union, and come up with policy recommendations. In the process, we spoke to a large number of stakeholders, and held a consultative meeting in December 2007 in Brussels to present draft propos...

EDEL / a European Digital Library for Economics

With mounting pressures on libraries caused by the ever-expanding range and number of information sources in print and electronic format, the attractions of library co-operation are clear. Areas for co-operation may be in sharing resources or technical expertise or in working together to obtain favourable licensing or purchasing conditions. Many library consortia are based at national or region...

Forthcoming, European Economic Review A Perspective on Psychology and Economics

This essay provides a perspective on the trend towards integrating psychology into economics. Some topics are discussed, and arguments are provided for why movement towards greater psychological realism in economics will improve mainstream economics.

Health economics and the European Heart Rhythm Association.

The management of healthcare is becoming extremely complex in developed countries, as a result of increasing age of the population and increasing costs of care, coupled with diminishing resources due to global financial crisis. This situation threatens access to appropriate care, and a more or less explicit rationing of some types of treatment may occur in 'real world' clinical practice. This i...