The Greek bail-out was highly controversial. An oft-heard assessment is that i) the bail-out was a mistake, ii) the … political haggling over it was irrational and iii) the bail-out will create a moral hazard problem. Contrary to this view, our … analysis suggests that, given EMU's present political-economic set-up, i) the bail-out was unavoidable, ii) the lengthy process …

, we show that bailout plans with controlled interest rates can help in reducing debt-GDP ratios after some time. On the …

Evaluation of the financial costs of a Eurozone breakup depends critically on the interpretation of TARGET balances …. While it has been argued that TARGET claims in the Eurozone can be written off without incurring any losses on the claimants …

This paper argues that the Eurozone crisis stems from a risk management failure in the Eurosystem's design, and that … monetary union and other assets. We firstly analyse a country's debt choice, assuming as a benchmark case that the no-bailout …

To make the no-bailout clause credible and enhance the effectiveness of crisis assistance, a consistent institutional …