The economic crisis is largely shaping health policy in Spain. This paper reports on major changes in the health care system, both nationally and regionally, as a consequence of sizable cutbacks and new pieces of legislation. The most relevant changes to the system introduced during the last...

Many European governments have abundantly cut down public expenditure on health during the financial crisis. Consequences of the financial downturn on health outcomes have begun to emerge. This recession has led to an increase in poor health status, raising rates of anxiety and depression among...

Many surveys analyse the volatility of stock market indexes, omitting the role of individual stocks in that phenomenon. In the present study, we focus on that part of the market, using financial and market data from listed firms in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) index in several crashes, during...

In this paper, we present euro area money demand functions estimated for the sample period ranging from January 1994 to November 2010 with total and partial time-varying coefficients accounting for two structural changes. For this purpose, we make use of two different procedures viz. the Lee and...

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This study explores discretionary fiscal policies in the euro area during the time of monetary union (EMU). Ex ante budget plans and policy changes during budget implementation are investigated using real time data from the OECD Economic Outlook publications. The particular focus of the study is...

This paper presents the economic situation of twelve countries of the world (the USA, Russia, Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, and Ireland) in the context of the world economic crisis. Are analyzed the measures adopted by each of these states and...

The economic crisis has brought significant changes not only in the organization but also in the way of thinking and perception of employees. There are a few cases in which, for a signifiant number of employees, motivation meant more than physiological or secure needs (according to Maslow's...

This paper aims to provide a monetary analysis of the economic and financial crisis in Europe. The main focus is concentrated on monetary evolutions surrounding the Single European currency - prevention mechanisms, financing of deficits, monetary indications, enlargement and perspectives of the...

The 2008 financial crisis hit the world’s economies in different ways. In Spain, the economic crisis has had an acute effect on unemployment and access to health care and education, aggravated by the austerity plans of the Spanish government. In order to cope with the crisis, government...