The authors review the challenges that the Romanian economy and society had to face in the European and global geoeconomic context. Starting from the perspectives advanced by the international economic fora, the risks the European economy will have to answer through counteracting and general...

Following a deep recession in 2020 and further contraction in 2021Q1, the euro area economy recovered rapidly in the second and third quarters thanks to high vaccination levels, increasing household and business adaptability to the virus, and continued forceful policy support. Looking ahead,...

Diese Arbeit gibt einen Überblick über das ausserordentlich tiefe Wachstum der Schweiz in den 90er Jahren sowie über dessen mögliche Gründe. Auffällig ist dabei einerseits die lange Dauer der Rezession, andererseits aber auch der ihr folgende eher mässige Aufschwung. Grundsätzlich kann...

This paper investigates the impact of the macroeconomy on the health insurance coverage of Americans using panel data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for 2004-2010, a period that includes the Great Recession of 2007-09. We find that a one percentage point increase in...