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the privatization of Greece’s public banks. We focus on two challenges for policy makers: the need to strengthen …
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This paper investigates the relation between the rise in external debt and fiscal developments in Greece. We use an … reduction in (non-interest) government expenditure. They also suggest that in the case of Greece there is no further scope for a …
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development in Greece, whereby increases in public expenditure, transfers and investment have maintained GDP, but with an …
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The paper discusses the process of financial liberalization in Greece and the impact it is likely to have on the … conduct of monetary policy. To examine the effectiveness of exchange rate controls in Greece during periods of intense …
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terms of trade. We take this evidence to suggest that the propagation mechanism for business cycles in Greece is fairly …
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postwar period, and is used to assess the macroeconomic experience and policy options in Greece. …
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In the context of monopolistic price adjustment and price setting behavior on the part of firms, it is shown that a large discrete adjustment of the nominal exchange rate as opposed to a crawling peg is likely to result in faster adjustment of domestic prices. This is the case because an...
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This study analyses the likely pattern of structural adjustment of the Greek economy as economic integration proceeds, in light of the structural rigidities present in the commodity, capital and labour markets. The presence of such rigidities is attributed to `state corporatism', identified as...
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dynamics. We investigate the case of Greece, which has had a polarized political system and a problem of persistently high …
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in Greece. Using regional public investment data for 10 political periods (1975-2009), combined with electoral data by …
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