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elsewhere. It argues instead that Europe had not only contributed handsomely to the buildup of global imbalances since the 1990s … homemade intra-Euroland and intra-EU imbalances, the simultaneous implosion of which has further aggravated Europe … inherited from Germany's mercantilist past and Bundesbank mythology. Steps toward a fiscal union to back the euro are also …
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warranted. -- Economic and Monetary Union ; euro ; European Central Bank; global imbalances ; global crisis ; intra … elsewhere. It argues instead that Europe had not only contributed handsomely to the buildup of global imbalances since the 1990s … homemade intra-Euroland and intra-EU imbalances, the simultaneous implosion of which has further aggravated Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003943124
The euro crisis remains unresolved even as financial markets may seem calm for now. The current euro regime is … the euro are assessed and found lacking. A "Euro Treasury" scheme operating on a strict rule and specifically designed not … to be a transfer union is proposed here as a condition sine qua non for healing the euro's potentially fatal birth …
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The euro crisis remains unresolved even as financial markets may seem calm for now. The current euro regime is … the euro are assessed and found lacking. A “Euro Treasury” scheme operating on a strict rule and specifically designed not … to be a transfer union is proposed here as a condition sine qua non for healing the euro's potentially fatal birth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072675
elsewhere. It argues instead that Europe had not only contributed handsomely to the buildup of global imbalances since the 1990s … homemade intra-Euroland and intra-EU imbalances, the simultaneous implosion of which has further aggravated Europe … inherited from Germany's mercantilist past and Bundesbank mythology. Steps toward a fiscal union to back the euro are also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013150051
crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances …This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro … had remained unchecked prior to the crisis. As those imbalances eventually imploded, member states were found to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894027
institutional deficiencies share responsibility for the euro's failure, the bank has generally done "too little, too late" with … regard to managing the euro crisis, preventing protracted stagnation, and containing deflation threats. The bank remains … attached to the euro area’s official competitive wage-repression strategy, which is in conflict with the ECB's price stability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481632
vehicle for the central funding of public investment through the issuance of common Euro Treasury debt securities. … that the ECB may well stand out positively when compared to other important euro-area or national authorities involved in … managing the euro crisis, but that in general the bank did "too little, too late" to prevent the euro area from slipping into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349470
vehicle for the central funding of public investment through the issuance of common Euro Treasury debt securities … that the ECB may well stand out positively when compared to other important euro-area or national authorities involved in … managing the euro crisis, but that in general the bank did “too little, too late” to prevent the euro area from slipping into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014075
This paper investigates the causes behind the euro debt crisis, particularly Germany's role in it. It is argued that …-area competitiveness and current account imbalances, and the corresponding debt flows that such imbalances give rise to, are at the heart … ; Sovereign Debt Crisis ; Competitiveness Imbalances ; Fiscal Transfers ; Bailouts ; Austerity …
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