Renate Neubäumer, Universität Koblenz-Landau, analysiert die Nachfrageentwicklung in Griechenland zwischen 2000 und 2013 und kommt zu den Ansicht, dass für den Einbruch der Wirtschaftsleistung Griechenlands die Fiskalpolitik zweitrangig war. Entscheidender war der Rückgang anderer...

Sovereigns' public capital and fiscal constraint influence sovereign debt crises and resolution. We compile a dataset on public expenditure composition around restructurings with private external creditors. We show that during restructurings, public investment (i) experiences severe decline and...

We estimate various panel fiscal reaction functions, including those of the main categories of general government revenue and expenditure for the 12 Euro area member states over the 1970-2013 period. We find that in the peripheral countries where sovereign bond yields decreased sharply in the...

This research note discusses the Euro crisis in Greece in light of the referendum of July the 5th. It lays out the social and political costs of a GREXIT, but also of a continuing austerity policy. It proposes a reform policy fostering growth in Greece and discusses the role of conditionality....