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Finance-dominated capitalism, re-distribution and the financial and economic crises : a European perspective
Hein, Eckhard - 2012
In this paper the euro crisis is viewed as the most recent episode of the crisis of financedominated capitalism. Therefore, two major features of finance-dominated capitalism, the increasing inequality of income distribution and the rising imbalances of current accounts, are analysed for a set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572209
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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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How the Maastricht regime fosters divergence as well as fragility
Bibow, Jörg (contributor) - 2006
This paper investigates the phenomenon of persistent macroeconomic divergence that has occurred across the eurozone in recent years. Optimal currency area theory would point toward asymmetric shocks and structural factors as the foremost candidate causes. The alternative hypothesis pursued here...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003720503
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Economic Policies on Slovenia's Road to the Euro Area
Weyerstrass, Klaus - 2008
On 1 January 2007, Slovenia was the first new EU member state to enter the euro area. Since June 2004 the Slovenian tolar participated in the exchange rate mechanism ERM-II with a central parity of 239.64 against the euro. This parity was also the conversion rate upon euro area accession....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772397
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Economic impact of EU membership on entrants : new methods and issues
Baldwin, Richard E. (ed.); Brunetti, Aymo (contributor) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001619626
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Economic Impact of EU Membership on Entrants : New Methods and Issues
Baldwin, Richard E. (ed.); Brunetti, Aymo (ed.) - 2001 - 1st ed. 2001.
I: CGE Studies -- Sorting Out the Effects of Switzerland’s Accession to the EU: A Simulation Analysis -- Foreign Direct … Investment in Producer Services -- EU Integration and Outsiders: A Simulation Study of Industrial Location -- Factor Mobility … Costs of the EU Integration for Switzerland: Alternative Scenarios -- III: Labour Market Issues -- Labour Market and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014021881
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ECB worries/European woes : the economic consequences of parochial policy
Barbera, Robert J.; Holtham, Gerald - 2012
Financial market crises with the threat of a subsequent debt-deflation depression have occurred with increasing regularity in the United States from 1980 through the present. Almost reflexively, when confronted with such circumstances, US institutions and the policymakers that run them have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009783517
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ECB Worries/European Woes : The Economic Consequences of Parochial Policy
Barbera, Robert - 2013
Financial market crises with the threat of a subsequent debt-deflation depression have occurred with increasing regularity in the United States from 1980 through the present. Almost reflexively, when confronted with such circumstances, US institutions and the policymakers that run them have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089327
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Implementing the golden rule for public investment in Europe : safeguarding public investment and supporting the recovery
Truger, Achim - 2015
Most parts of the Euro area have seen seven years of deep economic crisis. The strategy of tightening the fiscal constraints of the SGP has driven many member states into austerity. In contrast, the golden rule of public investment proposed in this study would be one important element of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336549
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Did fiscal consolidation cause the double dip recession in the euro area?
Heimberger, Philipp - 2015
This paper analyses the short-run effects of fiscal consolidation measures on economic activity in the euro area during the euro crisis. It presents new econometric estimates on the link between cumulative GDP growth and fiscal austerity measures during 2011-2013. The main empirical finding is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778844