Economic crisis and structural reforms in Southern Europe : policy lessons

Introduction / Katsikas, Dimitris and Manasse -- Designing structural reforms in times of crisis : lessons from the past / Katsikas, Dimitris -- The political conditions for economic reform in Europe's south / Terzi, Alessio -- The persistence-resilience trade-off in unemployment the role of labor and product market institutions / Aksoy, Tolga and Manasse, Paolo -- Reforms and external balances in southern Europe and Ireland / CatÆo, Lus A. V -- Labour market reform in Portugal under the adjustment programme lessons for policy design / Turrini, Alessandro -- Some unpleasant labour arithmetics a tale of the Spanish 2012 labour market reform / Cuerpo, Carlos, Geli, Federico and Herrero, Carlos -- Balancing adjustment policies and structural reforms in Greece : the case of product markets / Petralias, Athanassios, Anastasatou, Marianthi and Katsikas, Dimitris -- The political economy of Cyprus : financial sector reform / Clerides, Sofronis -- Non-performing loans in the European periphery : the political economy of reform / Panagiotarea, Eleni -- The restructuring of Spain's banking system : a political economy approach / Otero-Iglesias, Miguel and Steinberg, Federico -- Conclusions / Manasse, Paolo and Katsikas, Dimitris