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

States have soft budget constraints when they can expect a bailout by the federal government in the event of a …

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 …