Mit der drohenden Staatspleite einzelner Länder hat der Traum von der Europäischen Währungsunion seinen Glanz eingebüßt und seine Risiken offenbart. Angela Merkels Diktum "Scheitert der Euro, dann scheitert Europa" versucht die Währungsfrage in einen größeren Zusammenhang zu stellen. Das...

The paper aims to analyse the impact of government debt on the country’s economic growth. Beginning of the economic crisis in 2007 and rapid growth of government debt has attracted interest in this topic. Government debt-to-GDP ratio in the EU has increased from 58.7 to 86.8 percent from 2007...

We study the relationship between the budget balance and the current account balance for European Union(EU) countries, using quarterly data from1995 to2020. Through the use of panel Granger causality tests and a panel SUR model, we conclude that the relationship is bi-directional for the EU...