Showing 1 - 10 of 22,987
This paper discusses why Greece has done so poorly in comparison with all other European Union countries since the … onslaught of the global financial crisis in 2008. To show what was wrong with its fiscal adjustment, this paper compares Greece …, notably Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, who claimed that Greece suffered from austerity. Because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530650
focusing on the current situation of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. -- fiscal sustainability ; euro-area crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008904677
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416241
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502556
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289247
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005320
Fiscal policy in the Euro area is still dominated by austerity measures implemented under the institutional setting of the 'reformed' stability and growth pact, and the even stricter 'fiscal compact'. At the same time, calls for a more expansionary fiscal policy to overcome the economic crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424293
We investigate the short-term effects of fiscal adjustment on economic activity in 20 OECD countries from 1970 to 2009. We compare two approaches: the traditional approach based on changes in cyclically adjusted primary balance (CAPB) and the narrative approach based on historical records....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010126403
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009703758