This paper provides new estimates of Okun’s unemployment-output relationship in euro area countries between 1979 and 2019. We find our structural estimates are stable but substantially lower than the reduced-form estimates that tend to characterise the literature and that the responsiveness of...

While the persistent core-periphery dualism within the European Monetary Union (EMU) has been extensively studied, its relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains unexplored. This is surprising, given the EU's strong commitment to achieving the 17 SDGs by 2030. The SDGs...

Ein international in Banken tätiger Volkswirt schildert materialreich und anschaulich Chancen und Gefahren von Währungsunionen, die Geschichte der Europäischen Währungsunion und macht Vorschläge, wie die Währungskrise bewältigt werden kann - durch mehr (Risiko-)Verantwortung der...

Alle anderen kritischen Werke zur Finanzkrise erscheinen neben diesem nur als Stückwerk. Das liegt auch daran, dass die Kritik des österreichischen Wirtschaftspublizisten (zuletzt "Die Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie", BA 12/10) fundamental ist, vom Mainstream der Wirtschaftswissenschaft sich radikal...

It is rare for countries to give up their currencies and thus their ability to influence such critical aspects of their economies as interest and exchange rates. Yet ten years ago a number of European countries did exactly that when they adopted the euro. Despite some dissent, there were a...

This book is the first comprehensive political and economic account of the birth and development of the Euro. Today the Euro is the supranational currency for sixteen European countries and the world’s second-largest reserve currency. David Marsh tells the story of the rivalries, intrigues,...