Abstract. During the last decade Greece has faced many economic problems. The economy is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and the debt deepens. In this paper we will examine whether the debt is promoting economic growth in Greece. We use time series data from 1980 to 2010. The data is fitted...

We utilize the new stationarity test based on the standard KPSS procedure which uses a single frequency Fourier function approximating unknown smooth breaks developed by Becker et al. (2006) for studying Chinese economic reform. In contrast to other literatures on unit-root and structural change...