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Government at a Glance 2013

OECD, (2013), Government at a Glance 2013, Paris: OECD Publishing. Government at a Glance 2013 provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the goal of contributing to the analysis and international comparison of public sector performance. Indicators on government revenues, expenditures, and employment are provided alongside key output and outcome data in the sectors of education and health. Government at a Glance also includes indicators on key …Read More

Πρόταση για μόνιμο μηχανισμό απορρόφησης ανέργων

Αργείτης, Γ., (2013), Συνέντευξη στη Ναυτεμπορική, 18 Νοεμβρίου. Τη δημιουργία ενός μόνιμου μηχανισμού απορρόφησης εργατικού δυναμικού στα πρότυπα του ELR (Employer of Last Resort) προκρίνει με συνέντευξη στο naftemporiki.gr, ο καθηγητής στο Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών και επιστημονικός συνεργάτης του ΙΝΕ ΓΣΕΕ – ΑΔΕΔΥ Γιώργος Αργείτης, εν μέσω των διεργασιών στην ΕΕ για την καταπολέμηση της ανεργίας των νέων αλλά και των διαπραγματεύσεων της ελληνικής κυβέρνησης με την τρόικα. Για όλη …Read More

Social Issues in Focus: New Generation Research on a Changing Greece

Fokas, Ε., Bozhilova, D., Vraniali, E., Prasopoulou E. and Chalari, A., (2013), Social Issues in Focus: New Generation Research on a Changing Greece, Athens: KERKYRA Publications SA – Economia Publishing. An LSE Collection of five papers of postdoc students of the “A.C. Laskaridis Post-Doctoral Fellowship”. The introduction of the current volume is written by Prof. Kevin Featherstone (Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics at …Read More

European Economic Forecast – Autumn 2013

European Commission, (2013), European Economic Forecast – Autumn 2013, Brussels: European Commission. The EU economy has returned to positive GDP growth. Following a slow and still vulnerable expansion of economic activity during the remainder of 2013, growth is set to become gradually more domestic demand-driven and more robust in the course of 2014 and into 2015. The legacy of the crisis-deleveraging, financial fragmentation, elevated uncertainty and rebalancing needs – will …Read More

Statistics Show Bailout Countries’ Slide Away from EU Targets

Stevis, M., (2013), “Statistics Show Bailout Countries’ Slide Away from EU Targets”, The Wall Street Journal, 29 Οκτωβρίου. Euro-zone countries in bailout programs have slipped away from the European Union’s targets for economic and social performance, a number of detailed statistical indicators show. The backtracking was made evident Tuesday when Eurostat, the EU statistics agency, presented aggregated data on a set of goals that form Europe’s 2020 Strategy. The program …Read More

Entrepreneurship and Investment Opportunities in Greece Today

Endeavor, (2013), Entrepreneurship and Investment Opportunities in Greece Today, Athens: Endeavor Greece, Η μελέτη με τίτλο Επιχειρηματικές και Επενδυτικές Ευκαιρίες στην Ελλάδα Σήμερα εκπονήθηκε με την αφορμή της συμπλήρωσης ενός χρόνου λειτουργίας της Endeavor Greece. Η μελέτη παρουσιάζει δεδομένα για νέες επιχειρηματικές δραστηριότητες και προσδιορίζει το βαθμό αλλαγής του μοντέλου ανάπτυξης της Ελλάδας από την αρχή της οικονομικής κρίσης. Επίσης, αξιοποιεί στοιχεία έρευνας και συνεντεύξεις με ειδικούς από το δίκτυο …Read More

A fiscal perspective on EU sovereign credit ratings

Wickens, M. and Polito, V., (2013), “A fiscal perspective on EU sovereign credit ratings: Did the credit-rating agencies get them right?”, VoxEU, 30 Οκτωβρίου. A good credit rating has become a key fiscal objective, even if it requires austerity when unemployment is high. Recent experience has raised doubts about the sovereign ratings provided by the credit-rating agencies. This column suggests a new way to measure credit ratings based on a …Read More

The ‘Official’ Cost Of Austerity

Wren-Lewis, S., (2013), “The ‘Official’ Cost Of Austerity”, Social Europe Journal, 29 Οκτωβρίου. Well, not quite, but probably as close as we will ever get. In a new paper, Jan in‘t Veld uses the European Commission’s QUEST model to estimate the impact of fiscal consolidation in the Eurozone (EZ) from 2011 to 2013. The numbers in the table below include spillover effects from other EZ country fiscal consolidations, so they …Read More

Massacre memories: German car sales and the EZ Crisis in Greece

Fouka, V. and Voth, H.J., (2013), “Massacre memories: German car sales and the EZ Crisis in Greece”, VoxEU, 23 Οκτωβρίου. The EZ crisis increased north-south conflicts between bailout providers and recipients – especially between Germany and Greece. This column shows evidence that political conflict directly translated into losses of market share for German car producers in Greece – especially in areas where German armed forces committed massacres during World War …Read More

A Strategy for Southern Europe

LSE, (2013), A Strategy for Southern Europe, London: LSE !deas. Over the last five years Southern Europe has experienced widespread economic, political and social upheaval of almost existential proportion. Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, stricken by the Eurozone crisis and the aftershocks of the Arab Spring, face uncertain futures. This report examines the challenges confronting Southern Europe and seeks to explore the potential benefits the countries of the region could …Read More