The paper compares the boom-and-bust cycles in Japan and Europe with respect to the reasons for excessive booms, the … well as gradual real income losses, the economic policy implication for Japan and Europe is the timely exit from the …

in Eastern and Southern Europe are much lower than in Central and Northern European countries. We also investigate …

and turns of unemployment rates in Europe and elsewhere …

We test the hypothesis that the government bond markets in the Eurozone are more fragile and more susceptible to self … countries in the Eurozone during 2010-11 was disconnected from underlying increases in the debt to GDP ratios and fiscal space … argue that this can drive member countries of the Eurozone into bad equilibria. We also find evidence that after years of …

after the onset of the sovereign crisis in Europe …

In this paper we suggest that Eurozone countries face a policy trade-off among: 1) a common rule imposing co … conclude that the intense fiscal rules that have been introduced in the Eurozone after the emergence of the debt crisis reduced …