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Austerity
Dellas, Harris - 2015
We shed light on the function, properties and optimal size of austerity using the standard sovereign debt model augmented to include incomplete information about credit risk. Austerity is defined as the shortfall of consumption from the level desired by a country and supported by its repayment...
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Greece's Three-Act Tragedy : A Simple Model of Grexit vs. Staying Afloat Inside the Single Currency Area
Chen, Yu-Fu - 2016
Against the backdrop of the Greek three-act tragedy, we present a theoretical framework for studying Greece's recent … debt and currency crisis. The model is built on two essential blocks: first, erratic macroeconomic policymaking in Greece … macroeconomic policies in Greece are considered. The model's mechanism and assumptions allow either for a Grexit from the euro area …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999786
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Cross-Border Effects of Fiscal Consolidations : Estimates Based on Narrative Records
Hebous, Shafik; Zimmermann, Tom - 2021
We estimate cross-border spillover effects of fiscal consolidation episodes on output, bilateral trade flows, interest rate, and the exchange rate, employing the new IMF action-based fiscal consolidation data. Results indicate a negative effect of foreign fiscal consolidation policies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315746
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Austerity, Growth and Inflation - Remarks on the Eurozone's Unresolved Competitiveness Problem
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2013
While the financial protection measures enacted by the ECB and the community of Eurozone members have calmed financial markets, they have left the competitiveness problem of the Eurozone's southern countries and France unresolved. The paper compares price inflation before the crisis with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087283
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A Mechanism to Regulate Sovereign Debt Restructuring in the Euro Area
Andritzky, Jochen R. - 2016
To make the no-bailout clause credible and enhance the effectiveness of crisis assistance, a consistent institutional and legal framework is needed to ensure that private creditors contribute to crisis resolution. Getting activated as part of ESM crisis assistance, we propose a two-stage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982263
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How to Handle the Crisis in Greece? Empirical Evidence Based on a Survey of Economics Experts
Potrafke, Niklas - 2016
crisis in Greece. 61.9% of the experts surveyed were not in favour of Greece exiting the Eurozone in the course of the … Republic, Denmark, and Slovakia were in favour of Greece exiting the Eurozone. The share of experts who were in favour of … Greece staying in the Eurozone increased to 69.8% in October 2015. 72.4% of experts surveyed believed that the IMF should …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992606
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Fiscal Federlism in a Monetary Union : The Cooperation Pitfall
Kempf, Hubert - 2018
Fiscal federalism may not be a panacea in a monetary union if it does not address the non-cooperative behaviour between fiscal policymakers. To prove this, we assess the relative merits of a fiscal federalism scheme in a monetary union and intergovernmental fiscal cooperation without such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930695
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Euro-Area Fiscal Stance : From Theory to Practical Implementation
Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès - 2016
Despite large automatic stabilizers, the performance of the Euro area as a whole in terms of fiscal stabilization is relatively poor. This report argues that a meaningful fiscal stance for the Euro area should rely on the current account as a complement to the output gap, and be coordinated only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982261
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The Limits of Political Compromise : Debt Ceilings and Political Turnover
Cunha, Alexandre B. - 2017
We study the desirability of limits on the public debt and of political turnover in an economy where incumbents have an incentive to set public expenditures above the socially optimal level due to rent-seeking motives. Parties alternate in office and cannot commit to future policies, but they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956707
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Environmental Policy and the Macroeconomy Under Shallow-Lake Dynamics
Heijdra, Ben J.; Heijnen, Pim - 2021
We study the environmental and economic effects of public abatement in the presence of multiple stable steady-state ecological equilibria. Under shallow-lake dynamics (SLD), the isocline for the stock of pollution features two stable branches, a good and a bad one. Assuming that the ecology is...
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