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We analyse the background of the Greek debt crisis and evaluate the three Greek financial assistance programme. The crisis and the first programme's (2010-11) failure were mainly the result of misguided internal policies. The second programme (2012-14) achieved progress towards recovery but this...
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bond markets and improved economic sentiment, as reflected in higher equity prices. In contrast, passive euro liquidity … provision and even active measures (policy rate reductions and bond market interventions) delivered modest results. Although …. Overall, the results point to the ECB's limits in helping improve financial market's sentiment. …
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Macroeconomic adjustment in the euro area periphery was more recessionary than pre-crisis imbalances would have …
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Using bootstrap panel analysis, allowing for cross-country correlation, without the need of pre-testing for unit roots, we study the causality between government spending and revenue for the EU in the period 1960-2006. We find spend-and-tax causality for Italy, France, Spain, Greece, and...
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This paper reviews the economic effects of the EU Savings Taxation Directive. The Directive aims at enabling taxation of foreign interest payments received by individuals in accordance with the rules of their State of residence. The data suggest that the Directive, which is based on automatic...
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In explaining the uneven spatial distribution of economic activity, urban economics and new economic geography (NEG) dominate recent research in economics. A main difference between these two approaches is that NEG stresses the role of spatial linkages whereas urban economics does not do so. We...
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This study discusses European Commission's recent proposal to combat VAT fraud by taxing intra-Community supplies at a common rate of 15%, accompanied by the internal correction of input-tax gap between an importer and his own national tax authority, which is caused by the national VAT rate...
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