We study the sustainability of sovereign debt accumulation in 15 OECD countries using quarterly data from 1980 to 2010 with a focus on how and in what countries debt sustainability changed after the commencement of the Euro Convergence Criteria in 1997 as well as after the financial meltdown in...

The paper discusses the trajectories of the Greek public deficit andsovereign debt between 1980 and 2010 and its connection to thepolitical and economic environment of the same period. We payspecial attention to the causality between the public and the externaldeficit in the period after 1995,...

Unter der Annahme eines schwachen fiskalischen Multiplikatoreffekts und in der Hoffnung die Haushaltskonsolidierung schnell zu erreichen wurden die fiskalpolitischen Konsolidierungsmaßnahmen in der Europäischen Währungsunion ehrgeizig implementiert. Die erhoffte Konsolidierung blieb...

We analyse the effects of interest rate variations on the rates of capacity utilisation, capital accumulation and profit in a simple post-Kaleckian distribution and growth model. This model gives rise to different potential accumulation regimes depending on the values of the parameters in the...

This paper analyzes the trajectories of the Greek public deficit and sovereign debt over the last three decades and their connection to the political and economic environment, paying special attention to the causality between the public and the foreign deficit. The authors argue that, from 1980...

An empirical approach to model estimation and evaluation based on Bayesian Maximum Likelihood is introduced to the post-Keynesian literature. To illustrate the method, it is applied to a neo-Kaleckian type of model of Euro Area business cycle fluctuations including endogenous fiscal and monetary...

We analyse the effects of interest rate variations on the rates of capacity utilisation, capital accumulation and profit in a simple post-Kaleckian distribution and growth model. This model gives rise to different potential accumulation regimes depending on the values of the parameters in the...

Unter der Annahme eines schwachen fiskalischen Multiplikatoreffekts und in der Hoffnung die Haushaltskonsolidierung schnell zu erreichen wurden die fiskalpolitischen Konsolidierungsmaßnahmen in der Europäischen Währungsunion ehrgeizig implementiert. Die erhoffte Konsolidierung blieb...