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Target Losses in Case of a Euro Break-Up
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2012
Evaluation of the financial costs of a Eurozone breakup depends critically on the interpretation of TARGET balances. While it has been argued that TARGET claims in the Eurozone can be written off without incurring any losses on the claimants as the value of fiat money is independent of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098046
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Ramifications of debt restructuring on the euro area : the example of large European economies' exposure to Greece
Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian - 2011
The Greek government budget situation plays a central role in the debt crisis in the euro area. The debt to GDP ratio is above 150 percent, while the deficit to GDP ratio exceeds 10 percent. To re-establish the Maastricht criteria, respectively, strong consolidation measures need to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580303
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Ramifications of debt restructuring on the euro area : the example of large European economies' exposure to Greece
Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian - 2011
The Greek government budget situation plays a central role in the debt crisis in the euro area. The debt to GDP ratio is above 150 percent, while the deficit to GDP ratio exceeds 10 percent. To re-establish the Maastricht criteria, respectively, strong consolidation measures need to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487896
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Ramifications of debt restructuring on the euro area : the example of large European economies΄ exposure to Greece
Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian - 2011
The Greek government budget situation plays a central role in the debt crisis in the euro area. The debt to GDP ratio is above 150 percent, while the deficit to GDP ratio exceeds 10 percent. To re-establish the Maastricht criteria, respectively, strong consolidation measures need to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209429
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Ramifications of Debt Restructuring on the Euro Area : The Example of Large European Economies' Exposure to Greece
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus; Dreger, Christian - 2011
The Greek government budget situation plays a central role in the debt crisis in the euro area. The debt to GDP ratio is above 150 percent, while the deficit to GDP ratio exceeds 10 percent. To re-establish the Maastricht criteria, respectively, strong consolidation measures need to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014179426
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Ramifications of Debt Restructuring on the Euro Area - The Example of Large European Economies’ Exposure to Greece
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2011
The Greek government budget situation plays a central role in the debt crisis in the euro area. The debt to GDP ratio is above 150 percent, while the deficit to GDP ratio exceeds 10 percent. To re-establish the Maastricht criteria, respectively, strong consolidation measures need to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121709
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Current account adjustment in EU countries : does euro-area membership make a difference?
Herrmann, Sabine; Jochem, Axel - 2013
The paper evaluates current account dynamics in countries with different exchange rate regimes within the EU. In this, the empirical analysis explicitly differentiates between countries with a flexible and a fixed exchange rate regime and members of a monetary union. In addition, we model the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211960
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The Economic Rationale of an EMU Fiscal Capacity
2018
This paper explores the economic rationale of an EMU fiscal capacity. It explains that the EMU's architecture suffers from two structural weaknesses: a tendency to develop imbalances and an inherent deflationary bias. The analysis shows that the external imbalances developed during the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914443
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Current Account Adjustment in EU Countries : Does Euro-Area Membership Make a Difference?
Herrmann, Sabine - 2016
The paper evaluates current account dynamics in countries with different exchange rate regimes within the EU. In this, the empirical analysis explicitly differentiates between countries with a flexible and a fixed exchange rate regime and members of a monetary union. In addition, we model the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988643
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Regional and global financial safety nets : the recent European experience and its implications for regional cooperation in Asia
Darvas, Zsolt M. - 2017
/08 global financial and economic crisis-which were supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and various European …, such as the size of imbalances, financing, unique cooperation of the IMF and various European facilities, and membership of …, including the coexistence of the IMF and regional safety nets, cooperation issues, systemic spillovers, and social implications …
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