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European integration and populism: Addressing Dahrendorf’s quandary

Buti, Marco, Pichelmann, Karl, (2017), “European integration and populism: Addressing Dahrendorf’s quandary”, VoxEu, 22 Φεβρουαρίου With its current competences lacking the ability to address distribution effects, the EU is seen as an agent of globalisation rather than a response to it.  At the same time, it is charged with undermining national autonomy, identity, and control. This column sets out five guiding principles for policy articulation at the EU level for …Read More

In search of a European solution for banks’ non-performing loans

Onado, Marco, (2017), “In search of a European solution for banks’ non-performing loans”, VoxEu, 21 Φεβρουαρίου After ten years of crisis, European banks are far from seeing the end of the tunnel. While US banks have recovered fairly quickly and have reached in 2012-15 a return on equity of 9.3%, European banks are still stuck at a meagre 3.7%, well below their cost of capital (IMF 2016). This gap is explained …Read More

Άποψη: Το νέο δόγμα της Ευρώπης θα αλλάξει όλα τα δεδομένα

Κοτόφωλος, Γιάννης, (2017), “Άποψη: Το νέο δόγμα της Ευρώπης θα αλλάξει όλα τα δεδομένα”, Καθημερινή, 20 Φεβρουαρίου ​​Ευρώπη των δύο ταχυτήτων φαίνεται ότι είναι πλέον μονόδρομος και ότι θα αρχίσει να υλοποιείται, ως σχέδιο πολιτικής, μετά τις γερμανικές εκλογές, το προσεχές φθινόπωρο. Το σενάριο δεν είναι καινούργιο, ανέβηκε όμως τώρα στην κορυφή της ατζέντας ως μα επείγουσα λύση που θα αναχαιτίσει τον κίνδυνο διάλυσης της Ευρώπης και θα προστατεύσει το …Read More

Youth unemployment produces multiple scarring effects

McQuaid, Ronald, (2017), “Youth unemployment produces multiple scarring effects”, EUROPP, 18 Φεβρουαρίου There are lots of problems with analysing the causes and effects of such long-term scarring and the reasons for it appear inter-connected. For instance wellbeing and mental health may affect subsequent income and chances of getting and keeping a job, but are themselves influenced by unemployment. Some broad overlapping reasons for scarring include: (1) employer responses, (2) the person’s human …Read More

Europe in a new world order

Demertzis, Maria, Sapir, Andre, Wolff, Guntram B., (2017), “Europe in a new world order”, Bruegel, 17 Φεβρουαρίου In this paper the authors explore what the EU’s strategic reaction should be to US diminishing giant policies, and the EU’s role in a world of declining hegemony and shifting balances. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Kamkhaji, Jonathan C., Radaelli, Claudio M., (2016), “Crisis, learning and policy change in the European Union”, Journal of European Public Policy, 20 Απριλίου …Read More

Banks, Firms, and Jobs

Presbitero, Andrea, Berton, Fabio, Richiardi, Matteo, Mocetti, Sauro, (2017), “Banks, Firms, and Jobs”, IMF Working Paper No. 17/38, 14 Φεβρουαρίου We analyze the employment effects of financial shocks using a rich data set of job contracts, matched with the universe of firms and their lending banks in one Italian region. To isolate the effect of the financial shock we construct a firm-specific time-varying measure of credit supply. The contraction in credit …Read More

Only Germans Love the Euro These Days

Paul, Jean-Michel, (2017), “Only Germans Love the Euro These Days”, BloombergView, 17 Φεβρουαρίου Political support for the single currency has been waning — especially in Germany’s two largest euro-zone trading partners. In both France and Italy, there is now a plurality of support for candidates who advocate a withdrawal from the euro, with pro-euro candidates gathering less than 30 percent in polls. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Merler, Sylvia, (2017), “Is Germany a currency …Read More

20 δισ. ευρώ από Ρώμη για διάσωση τραπεζών

Καθημερινή, (2017), “20 δισ. ευρώ από Ρώμη για διάσωση τραπεζών”, 17 Φεβρουαρίου Στο πλαίσιο των προσπαθειών που καταβάλλει η Ιταλία για να εξυγιάνει τον τραπεζικό της κλάδο, ο οποίος έχει πληγεί από τα «κόκκινα» δάνεια, η ιταλική Βουλή ενέκρινε κεφάλαιο ύψους 20 δισ. ευρώ για τη διάσωση των προβληματικών χρηματοπιστωτικών ιδρυμάτων της. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Καραγιάννης, Κώστας, (2016), “Κρατική διάσωση για την Monte Paschi”, Καθημερινή, 23 Δεκεμβρίου Merler, Silvia, (2016), “An …Read More

Portugal needs stronger investment to maintain growth and improve living standards

Arnold, Jens, (2017),“Portugal needs stronger investment to maintain growth and improve living standards”, Portugal Desk, OECD Economics Department, 6 Φεβρουαρίου Since 2012, investment has hardly exceeded the depreciation of the existing capital stock, meaning that growth of the productive capital stock has almost stalled. This is one reason behind the low potential growth of the Portuguese economy, which the OECD currently puts below 0.5%. Without stronger investment, growth performance is bound to …Read More

The Financial Education of the Eurozone

Smart, Christopher ,(2017), “The Financial Education of the Eurozone”, Project- Syndicate, 14 Φεβρουαρίου Europe’s banks have long been central to the continent’s economy. In France and Germany, bank assets amount to 350-400% of GDP, whereas in the United States, they are equal to just over 100% of GDP. After the 2008 financial crisis, the eurozone’s weakest banks quickly buckled under the weight of their bad loans, and then threatened to …Read More