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Austerity in the euro area : the sad state of economic policy in Germany and the EU
Truger, Achim - In: European journal of economics and economic policies : … 10 (2013) 2, pp. 158-174
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Austerity in the Euro area : the sad state of economic policy in Germany and the EU
Truger, Achim - 2013
The Euro area is currently going through its worst period of recession and economic stagnation since the Great Depression and World War II. The article tries to give an impression of the extraordinary degree of fiscal austerity and the devastating economic effects it has already had and must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756285
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The risks of exiting too early the policy responses to the COVID-19 recession
Cassola, Nuno; De Grauwe, Paul; Morana, Claudio; … - In: Research in globalization 4 (2022), pp. 1-5
This policy brief warns about the risks of discontinuing the policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis by pursuing exit strategies too early and/or too sharply. It outlines a comprehensive strategy for limiting such risks globally and offers an in-depth discussion of the European situation. Due to...
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Getting ready for the next pandemic : supply- side policies to escape the health-vs-economy dilemma
Portoghese, Luca; Tirelli, Patrizio - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014546194
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Monetary policy, macroeconomic policy mix and economic performance in the Euro area
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2006
In order to explain slow growth and high unemployment in the Euro area, in particular if compared to the USA, we follow a macroeconomic policy view focussing on the more restrictive stance of monetary, fiscal and wage policies in the Euro area. In the present paper we focus on the particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003744533
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Fiscal policy and macroeconomic performance in the Euro area : lessons for the future
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2006
Seit dem Begin der Europäischen Währungsunion (EWU) steht die Finanzpolitik in den Staaten des Euroraums ganz im … der Finanzpolitik für den Zeitraum von 2001 bis 2005 im Euroraum und seinen einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten und vergleicht sie … mit denen der Finanzpolitik in den USA. Während die US-Finanzpolitik aktiv anti-zyklisch dem Abschwung entgegengewirkt hat …
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Fiscal policy in the macroeconomic policy mix : a critique of the new consensus model and a comparison of macroeconomic policies in France, Germany, the UK and Sweden from a post-K...
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2008
von Löhnen und der Lohnpolitik und wegen seiner kompletten Vernachlässigung der stabilisierenden Rolle der Finanzpolitik …. Aus Post-Keynesianischer Sicht wird gezeigt, dass die Finanzpolitik eine wichtige Rolle für die makroökonomische … Entwicklung spielt, wenngleich immer auch der gesamte makroökonomische Politik-Mix aus Geld-, Lohn- und Finanzpolitik sowie die …
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Demystifying a 'shining example' : German public finances under the debt break
Eicker-Wolf, Kai; Truger, Achim - 2014
German fiscal policy is nowadays often presented as a shining example due to successful budget consolidation after the Great Recession. However, the idea that the German success is the result of a well-thought-out economic strategy that could therefore serve as a role model for other countries...
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Great recession, slow recovery and muted fiscal policies in the US
Albonico, Alice; Tirelli, Patrizio; Paccagnini, Alessia - 2016
This paper reconsiders the role of macroeconomic shocks and policies in determining the Great Recession and the subsequent recovery in the US. The Great Recession was mainly caused by a large demand shock and by the ZLB on the interest rate policy. In contrast with previous findings, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434680
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In search of the Euro area fiscal stance
Albonico, Alice; Tirelli, Patrizio; Paccagnini, Alessia - 2016
This paper investigates the role of fiscal policies over the aggregate EMU business cycle. Previous studies, based on the assumption of non-separability between public and private consumption, obtain a large public consumption multiplier, a small fraction of non-Ricardian households and,...
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