Greece has the lowest public receipts of all the eurozone members, and this contributes significantly to the annual budget deficits and the extremely high level of public debt. The source of this shortfall is personal income taxation. The following article analyses the distortions in the labour...

Since the 1990s the Greek economy has posed a unique international paradox, combining relatively strong growth rates with a very weak performance on many other fronts ranging from poor labour and product market institutions and low competitiveness to poor environmental protection and high levels...

The deficiency of the country regarding its manufacturing base is related with a series of facts that show how in a changing world a balanced corporate landscape is directly related with key dimensions of governance and institutional quality, as well as the efficiency of public policies like...

This expanded and enlarged third edition of Theodore Pelagidis and Michael Mitsopoulos' popular Who’s to Blame for Greece? covers almost a decade of Greece's economic crisis from 2009 to 2019, as well as recent developments in the first months of 2020. It provides an overview of recent...

1. Introduction -- Part I. The “Party Period” Before the Crisis -- 2. The Costs and Benefits for Joining a Common Currency with Emphasis on Weaker Member States: The Pre-crisis Debate -- 3. Greece Before the Crisis: The Critical Years in Domestic Politics -- 4. IMF and EU Reports on Greece...

As the tensions in the Greek economy take centre stage in the international headlines, this book examines the failed policies and political corruption that have bankrupted the nation. The authors comment on recent bailouts and haircuts and explore the uncertain future of Greece in the Eurozone