The Analytics of the Greek Crisis

16 June, 2016

Comments Off

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier, Philippon, Thomas, Vayanos, Dimitri, (2016), “The Analytics of the Greek Crisis”, Centre for Economic Policy Research, June We provide an empirical and theoretical analysis of the Greek Crisis of 2010. We first benchmark the crisis against all episodes of sudden stops, sovereign debt crises, and lending boom/busts in emerging and advanced economies since 1980. The decline in Greece’s output, especially investment, is deeper and more persistent than in almost any …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Policy Papers

Greece And Japan: A Tale Of Two Debt Write-Downs

16 June, 2016

Comments Off

Turner, Adair, (2016), “Greece And Japan: A Tale Of Two Debt Write-Downs”, Social Europe, 16 June At the end of 2015, Greece’s public debt was 176% of GDP, while Japan’s debt ratio was 248%. Neither government will ever repay all they owe. Write-offs and monetization are inevitable, putting both countries in a sort of global vanguard. With total public and private debt worldwide at 215% of world GDP and rising, the tools on which Greece and Japan …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Opinion Articles

Greece and the EU. Lessons from a Long-lasting Crisis

24 May, 2016

Comments Off

Pol Morillas, Thanos Dokos, (2016), “Greece and the EU. Lessons from a Long-lasting Crisis”, CIDOB Monographs, May Less than a year ago, the Greek crisis reached its highest level of tension. After arduous negotiations, the Greek government and its creditors signed the agreement for a third bailout in July 2015,which should provide liquidity to the Greek public sector in return for a severe programme of deficit adjustment and structural reforms. At the …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Politics » Books

Greece : Preliminary Debt Sustainability Analysis-Updated Estimates and Further Considerations

24 May, 2016

Comments Off

IMF, “Greece : Preliminary Debt Sustainability Analysis-Updated Estimates and Further Considerations”, Country Report No. 16/130, 23 May Greece continues to face a daunting fiscal consolidation challenge. After seven years of recession and a structural adjustment of 16 percent of GDP, Greece has only managed to achieve a small primary surplus in 2015, and this due to sizeable one-off factors. This is still far away from its ambitious medium-term primary surplus target of …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Reports

The ECB grants debt relief to all Eurozone nations except Greece

13 May, 2016

Comments Off

De Grauwe, Paul, (2016), “The ECB grants debt relief to all Eurozone nations except Greece”, Voxeu, 13 Μay Greece may be about to get some debt relief, although there is still resistance to the idea. This column argues that the ECB has been providing other Eurozone countries with debt relief since early 2015 through its programme of quantitative easing. The reason given for excluding Greece from the QE programme – the ‘quality’ …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Opinion Articles

Political budget cycles and reelection prospects in Greece’s municipalities

13 May, 2016

Comments Off

Chortareas, Georgios, Logothetis, Vasileios, Papandreou, Andreas A., (2016), “Political budget cycles and reelection prospects in Greece’s municipalities”, European Journal of Political Economy, Μay This paper considers the presence of political budget cycles in Greece’s municipalities. We construct a new dataset from primary sources and we find strong evidence of pre-electoral manipulation through increased expenditures and excessive borrowing. We use a dynamic panel data approach producing evidence of opportunistic behavior in local government …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Politics » Scientific Articles

Greece in a monetary union: Lessons from 100 years of exchange rate experience, 1841-1939

10 May, 2016

Comments Off

Morys Matthias, (2016), “Greece in a monetary union: Lessons from 100 years of exchange rate experience, 1841-1939”, Voxeu, 10 Μay The first century of modern Greek monetary history has striking parallels to the country’s current crisis, from repeated cycles of entry and exit from the dominant fixed exchange rate system, to government debt built-up and default, to financial supervision by West European countries. This column compares these two episodes in Greece’s monetary …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Opinion Articles

Where did the Greek bailout money go?

9 May, 2016

Comments Off

Rocholl, J., and A. Stahmer (2016), “Where did the Greek bailout money go?”, ESMT White Paper No. WP–16–02 This paper analyzes the flow of money for the different Greek bailout funds and concentrates on two key questions. First, where did the money come from? Second, where did the money go to? Finally, the paper discusses the findings in a broader context and derives policy implications. Figure 1 presents the main …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Reports

Is Greek public debt unsustainable?

9 May, 2016

Comments Off

Darvas, Zsolt, Hutl, Pia, (2016), “Is Greek public debt unsustainable?”, Bruegel, 7 May Greek public debt does not look sustainable if the country has to return to market borrowing at the end of the third bail-out programme, but could be sustainable if preferential ESM funding continues in the long-term. Our advice is to offer hope for Greece in the form of delayed fiscal adjustment toward a target of 2.5% of GDP …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Opinion Articles

Time for Debt Reduction in Greece

25 April, 2016

Comments Off

El-Arian, Mohamed A., (2016), “Time for Debt Reduction in Greece”, Project Syndicate, 22 April Once again, Greece is at an inflection point. With its cash balances severely stressed, it seems unlikely to be able to pay the cascading debt payments that are falling due over the next few months. So yet another round of contentious and protracted discussions with its creditors is underway – one that may well produce yet another short-term …Read More

Library » Greece » Economy » Opinion Articles