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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

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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Austerity, cyclical adjustment and the remaining leeway for expansionary fiscal policies in the Euro area

Truger, Achim - 2014

Fiscal policy in the Euro area is still dominated by austerity measures implemented under the institutional setting of the 'reformed' stability and growth pact, and the even stricter 'fiscal compact'. At the same time, calls for a more expansionary fiscal policy to overcome the economic crisis...

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The golden rule of public investment : a necessary and sufficient reform of the EU fiscal framework?

Truger, Achim - 2016

Dass die Fiskalpolitik innerhalb der europäischen Wirtschaftspolitik einer Aufwertung bedarf, ist angesichts der … Finanzpolitik insgesamt größere Spielräume einräumen und die öffentlichen Investitionen als besonders wachstumsrelevante öffentliche …

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Fiscal policy and rebalancing in the Euro area : a critique of the German debt brake from a Post-Keynesian perspective

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2013

The German debt brake is often regarded as a great success story, and has therefore served as a role model for the Euro area and its fiscal compact. In this paper we fundamentally criticize the debt brake. We show that (1) it suffers from serious shortcomings, and its success is far from certain...

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Reviving fiscal policy in Europe : towards an implementation of the golden rule of public investment

Truger, Achim - In: European journal of economics and economic policies : … 13 (2016) 1, pp. 57-71

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EU governments must not return to their dysfunctional fiscal rules

Truger, Achim - In: The Economists' voice 19 (2022) 1, pp. 73-79

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The European financial and economic crisis : alternative solutions from a (Post-) Keynesian perspective

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim; Treeck, Till van - In: The euro crisis, (pp. 35-78). 2012

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The European financial and economic crisis : alternative solutions from a (post-) Keynesian perspective

Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim; Treeck, Till van - 2011

The financial and economic crisis in the Euro area has revealed a number of important flaws in the economic policy framework in Europe. On the one hand, the imbalances, which have dominated European development since the introduction of the euro, are not sustainable; and this is more serious in a...

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