a ISBN 0-255-36502-0

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number HC240.25.G7

b Item number H56 2001

a Personal name Hindley Brian

a Title Better off out? :

b Remainder of title the benefits or costs of EU membership /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Brian Hindley, Martin Howe ; [foreword by Rodney Leach].

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc London :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Institute of Economic Affairs,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2001.

a Extent 129 p. ;

c Dimensions 20 cm.

a Series statement Occasional paper ;

v Volume number/sequential designation no. 99

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references.

a Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: Introduction to the second edition: -- The small effect of EU membership on -- British economic welfare -- Note on the revised edition -- 1 Introduction: Reasons to assess the costs and benefits of Britain's EU membership -- The debate -- Why the economic costs and benefits should be assessed -- European monetary union -- Assessing costs and benefits -- Political and economic issues -- A cultural difference in approach to markets -- Costing membership and the meaning of withdrawal -- Organisation of the Paper -- 2 The EC single market and the world trading system -- The 'internal' market in the context of the European Union -- A comparison of the EC single market and the world trade system after the Uruguay Round -- 3 Possible alternatives to EU membership -- The alternatives: a critique -- Mechanisms of withdrawal from the European Union -- 4 Economic costs and benefits of withdrawal -- Putting the EU into perspective -- Gains and losses -- 5 Better off out? Some conclusions -- Tariff barriers and the CAP -- Non-tariff barriers to trade -- Other economic costs of EU membership -- Consequential effects of primary costs and benefits -- Fears associated with leaving the EU -- What could the EU do? -- What do the economic costs (or benefits) of withdrawal signify? -- Appendix A: Economic assessments -- I The common agricultural policy -- Sources of error -- II EU import duties -- Calculating average tariffs -- Dependence of British industries on exports to the EC -- III Foreign direct investment -- Impact of FDI on the British economy -- IV International transactions in services -- Costs and benefits of withdrawal -- Appendix B: The basis of comparison: the world trading system -- Introduction -- The Uruguay Round, GATT 1994 and the Marrakesh Agreement -- Disputes settlement under the WTO regime -- Relationship between the EC and GATT -- About the IEA.

a Personal name Howe Martin

a Uniform title Occasional paper (Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain)) ;

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/2002483577.html