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Ten Years of EMU: convergence, divergence and new policy priorities

Christodoulakis, Nikos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

hindered convergence among the countries of the Eurozone. On the one hand, there is wide agreement on the fact that asymmetric … support for convergence is fading away after the EMU was initiated in 1999. A process of divergence in per capita GDP is … underway, in contrast with the substantial progress that has taken place during the nineties. Regional convergence is also …

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Regional Distribution and Spatial Impact of FDI in Greece: evidence from firm-level data

Monastiriotis, Vassilis; Jordaan, Jacob A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Studies on the productivity spillovers of FDI have concentrated on the national-sectoral level. As a result, little is known about the impact of FDI on absolute and relative regional economic performance. In this paper we examine this issue by relying on a unique dataset of over 20,000 Greek...

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New Evidence on the Remedies of the Greek Sovereign Debt Problem

APERGIS, Nicholas; COORAY, Arusha - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

The goal of the present paper is to investigate not only the dynamics of the Greek public debt, but also what are the appropriate measures required for achieving fiscal consolidation. The empirical estimation is carried out using a macroeconomic dataset spanning the period 1980-2008 and both the...

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The Greek Fiscal Crisis and the Role of Fiscal Governance

Kaplanoglou, Georgia; Rapanos, Vassilis T. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

In view of the growing attention paid to the role of fiscal governance in budgetary outcomes, this paper tries to shed light on the link between the recent Greek fiscal crisis and aspects of fiscal governance. It reviews fiscal developments in Greece over the last decade and challenges the...

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