30 years of the European single market: Research

A selection of research on the 20th anniversary

20 years of the European single market: Growth effects of EU integration

Thieß Petersen, Michael Böhmer, Johannes Weisser. In: Bertelsmann Stiftung, Policy brief, 2014, no. 2.

The ongoing European integration has increased the eco nomic growth of participating national economies. If the values from only 1992 and 2012 are compared, every country except for Greece has been able to achieve a higher per capita income due to the European integration.
The single market 20 years later: Challenges and opportunities

Emanuel Gyger and Maria Eugenia Le Gourriérec. In: Jacque Delors Institute, Synthesis, 2014 (accessed 11 August 2022).

This synthesis is presenting the main ideas of the conference organised by the Maison de l’Europe and Notre Europe Jacques Delors Institute in Paris on 11 December 2013.
The single European market 20 years on: Achievements, unfulfilled expectations & further potential

Stefan Vetter. In: Deutsche Bank Research, EU Monitor, 2013.
The European single market: How far from completion?

Hans-Peter Burghof, Monique Goyens, Stephan Leibfried, Jacques Pelkmans. In: Intereconomics, 2011, Vol. 46, Issue 2, page 64-81.

This article analyses the progress of the single market from diverse viewpoints and draw different conclusions as to the future path to be taken.
Single Market Act - single act for the internal market or revitalisation for the whole project?

Schäffer, Sebastian, Baumann, Florian. In: CAPerspectives, (1), 2011.

In preparation for the 20th anniversary of the single market, the president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso asked the former Commissioner for the single market Mario Monti to work out a program for the revitalisation of the project. On the basis of this report, the European Commission set out 50 proposals within the single market act that should be implemented by 2012. One of the priorities of the Commission for the current mandate is the renewal of the single market project.
The European single market: How far from completion?

Jacques Pelkmans, Monique Goyens, Hans-Peter
Burghof, Stephan Leibfried. In: Intereconomics , Vol. 46 (2), 2011, page 64-81.

In 2012, the European single market will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Thanks to the May 2010 Monti report and the release of the European Commission's 'Towards a Single Market Act' six months later, renewed scrutiny is being given to the market's achievements and failings over the previous two decades. In this issue's Forum, our authors analyse this progress from diverse viewpoints and draw different conclusions as to the future path to be taken.