This paper investigates Germany's vulnerability to the ongoing Euroland crisis. In 2010-11, Germany experienced a strong rebound from the global financial crisis of 2008-09. The Euroland crisis then meant record low interest rates and a depressed euro that boosted German extra-area exports. But...

This paper examines centralization of fiscal policies during the financial and economic crisis, from 2007-2012. We use set logic and QCA methodology to trace out configurations of conditions to explain events of centralization of fiscal policymaking in five European and six non-European...