Η Ευρωπαϊκή κρίση είναι η καλύτερη περίπτωση για να μελετήσουμε τόσο τις ευπάθειες του πλαισίου της οικονομικής διακυβέρνησης στην Ευρώπη, όσο και την ίδια την διαδικασία της Ευρωπαϊκής ολοκλήρωσης. Αυτό συμβαίνει για διάφορους λόγους: Πρώτον, γιατί η τρέχουσα κρίση είναι η πιο σοβαρή κρίση που έχει αντιμετωπίσει έως τώρα η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, δεύτερον, γιατί μέσω της κρίσης δοκιμάζονται αποφασιστικά τα όρια της διαδικασίας της οικονομικής ολοκλήρωσης της Ευρώπης και τρίτον, …Read More

Vulture funds and rogue creditors put in question the sustainability of the sovereign debt market by creating confusion and uncertainty in the global financial system. On the one hand, they take advantage of indebted countries’ economic hardship to profit at the expense of bondholders who participate in debt restructurings. On the other hand, vulture funds’ predatory behavior and litigation tactics keep the market alive by discouraging moral hazard and forcing …Read More

We seek to uncover the determinants of consumer prices in Greece by considering a large set of potential factors and accounting for delayed effects. To accomplish this we rely on recently presented Bayesian model selection methods which are efficiently adapted in the present context. Consumer prices drop significantly during the periods of discount sales, especially in the last two years; VAT changes are mostly absorbed (above 50%) by the producers; …Read More

Contagion is an elusive concept and several definitions have been used in the literature. According to Forbes and Rigobon (2002) contagion is defined as a significant increase in cross-market linkages after a shock to one country. In this paper we provide a selective literature review on international financial contagion, placing special emphasis on the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis. In summary, empirical research has pointed toward the existence of contagion …Read More