Ergänzend zu den Beiträgen im ifo Schnelldienst Nr. 7/2008, äußert sich Elmar Brok, Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments, zu der Möglichkeit der Zahlungsunfähigkeit eines Eurolands. Sollte ein Staat der Eurozone wirklich Bankrott gehen, so könnte dadurch die Währungsunion in Frage...

We analyse the background of the Greek debt crisis and evaluate the three Greek financial assistance programme. The crisis and the first programme's (2010-11) failure were mainly the result of misguided internal policies. The second programme (2012-14) achieved progress towards recovery but this...

European authorities and scholars published proposals on which indicators of macroeconomic imbalances might be used to uncover risks for the sustainability of public debt in the European Union. We test the ability of four proposed sets of indicators to send early-warnings of debt crises using a...

I identify new patterns in countries' economic performance over the 2007-2014 period based on proximity through distance, trade, and finance to the US subprime mortgage and Eurozone debt crisis areas. To understand the causes of the cross-country variation, I develop an open economy model with...

Greece has reached a point where, under any plausible macroeconomic scenario, public debt will continue growing faster than GDP. Fiscal consolidation alone cannot close the solvency gap. A substantial reduction in the stock of debt is needed. Even post-debt restructuring, there is no guarantee...

Greece has reached a point where, under any plausible macroeconomic scenario, public debt will continue growing faster than GDP. Fiscal consolidation alone cannot close the solvency gap. A substantial reduction in the stock of debt is needed. Even post-debt restructuring, there is no guarantee...

Greece has reached a point where, under any plausible macroeconomic scenario, public debt will continue growing faster than GDP. Fiscal consolidation alone cannot close the solvency gap. A substantial reduction in the stock of debt is needed. Even post-debt restructuring, there is no guarantee...

Setzt der im letzten Jahr ins Leben gerufene Euro-Rettungsschirm wesentliche Grundprinzipien des Maastricht-Vertrags außer Kraft? Folgt der Einstieg in eine Transferunion? Wolfgang Schäuble, Bundesminister der Finanzen, stellt die Position der Bundesregierung vor. Ihrer Ansicht nach bedeuten...