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This paper investigates why Europe fared particularly poorly in the global economic crisis that began in August 2007. It questions the self-portrait of Europe as the victim of external shocks, pushed off track by reckless policies pursued elsewhere. It argues instead that Europe had not only...
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This paper reviews the macroeconomic use of national fiscal policy in EMU and examines the rational and scope for a …
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Unlike the crisis years of 2007-2009 (when the insolvency of large banks was a major problem), the current round of the global financial crisis has fiscal origins. Almost all developed countries suffer from an excessive public debt burden that has been built up over the last two decades or more....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430901
Twenty years of euro history confirms the euro's stability and position as the second global currency. It also enjoys the support of majority of the euro area population and is seen as a good thing for the European Union. The European Central Bank has been successful in keeping inflation at a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387274
Unlike the crisis years of 2007-2009 (when the insolvency of large banks was a major problem), the current round of the global financial crisis has fiscal origins. Almost all developed countries suffer from an excessive public debt burden that has been built up over the last two decades or more....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010625526
Twenty years of euro history confirms the euro's stability and position as the second global currency. It also enjoys the support of majority of the euro area population and is seen as a good thing for the European Union. The European Central Bank has been successful in keeping inflation at a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029380
different stages. It concludes that Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) as agreed at Maastricht reflected a compromise between two … and on the calendar for the realisation of EMU. The various (political and economic) motivations for the convergence of … initially different views on the role of monetary policy and successive interpretations of the objectives of EMU are discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004985693
different stages. It concludes that Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) as agreed at Maastricht reflected a compromise between two … and on the calendar for the realisation of EMU. The various (political and economic) motivations for the convergence of … initially different views on the role of monetary policy and successive interpretations of the objectives of EMU are discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005704694
Design options in exchange rate, monetary and fiscal policies, are explored for economies in Central Europe and Latin America that aspire to engage in monetary unification. Recent experience in these regions suggests that, absent a model of institutional harmonization and a road map for policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013369992
Design options in exchange rate, monetary and fiscal policies, are explored for economies in Central Europe and Latin America that aspire to engage in monetary unification. Recent experience in these regions suggests that, absent a model of institutional harmonization and a road map for policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005839485