Μεταρρύθμιση στο Δημόσιο: Απλά τα πράγματα

27 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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Μπαλτάς, Ν., (2013), “Μεταρρύθμιση στο Δημόσιο: Απλά τα πράγματα”, Capital.gr, Με Άποψη, 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. Προ ημερών δύο ιστορικά Πανεπιστήμια ανακοίνωσαν ότι αναστέλλουν τη λειτουργία τους λόγω έλλειψης προσωπικού, εξαιτίας της συμμετοχής των υπαλλήλων τους στο πρόγραμμα διαθεσιμότητας. Η μεταρρύθμιση του Δημοσίου τομέα είναι ουσιαστικά η μοναδική δουλειά που έπρεπε να έχει γίνει από τότε που ξεκίνησε η κρίση. Κι όχι μόνο δεν έχει γίνει τίποτα ακόμη, αλλά αφήνουν το χρόνο …Read More

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Until Angela Merkel forms a governing coalition, Greece will continue to be in limbo

27 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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Exadaktylos, T., (2013), “Until Angela Merkel forms a governing coalition, Greece will continue to be in limbo”, European Politics and Policy Blog, 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. Following last weekend’s German elections, Theofanis Exadaktylos writes on the Greek reaction to Angela Merkel’s victory. He notes that the elections received extensive coverage in the Greek media due to their implications for the country’s economic crisis. Nevertheless, the general perception is that Germany is unlikely …Read More

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Dealing with High Debt in an Era of Low Growth

27 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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Ali Abas, S.M., Akitoby, B., Andritzky, J.R., Berger, H., Komatsuzaki, T. and Tyson, J., (2013), “Dealing with High Debt in an Era of Low Growth”, IMF Staff Discussion Note, SDN/13/07, Σεπτέμβριος. Τask has become particularly challenging in European advanced economies where expectations of low growth and limits to monetary policy support are shifting the burden of adjustment onto fiscal consolidation. The SDN will investigate the main drivers behind successful past …Read More

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The Sovereign Debt Crisis: Placing a curb on growth

26 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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Brender, A., Pisani, F. and Gagna, E., (2013), The Sovereign Debt Crisis: Placing a curb on growth, Brussells: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). This book provides an update to the major 2012 study by the same authors on the dual role of the public sector as the provider of the ultimate riskless asset and, at the same time, the source of a potential major systemic risk. In this second …Read More

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Toward A Fiscal Union for the Euro Area

26 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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Allard, C., Brooks, P.K., Bluedorn, J.C., Bornhorst, F., Ohnsorge, F. and Christopherson Puh, K.M., (2013), “Toward A Fiscal Union for the Euro Area”, IMF Staff Discussion Note, SDN/13/09, Σεπτέμβριος. The crisis has exposed a critical gap in EMU: the capacity for country-level shocks, whether exogenous or home-grown, to spread across the euro area, calling into question the viability of the common currency. This paper explores the role that deeper fiscal …Read More

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The Euro Area Crisis: Need for a Supranational Fiscal Risk Sharing Mechanism?

26 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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Furceri, D. and Zdzienicka, A., (2013), “The Euro Area Crisis: Need for a Supranational Fiscal Risk Sharing Mechanism?”, IMF Working Papers Series, WP/13/198, Σεπτέμβριος. The aim of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of risk sharing mechanisms in the euro area and whether a supranational fiscal risk sharing mechanism could insure countries against very severe downturns. Using an unbalanced panel of 15 euro area countries over the period 1979-2010, …Read More

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Member States’ Competitiveness Performance and Implementation of EU Industrial Policy Report 2013

26 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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European Commission, (2013), “Member States’ Competitiveness Performance and Implementation of EU Industrial Policy report 2013”, European Commission, 25 Σεπτεμβρίου. Progress has been made by Member States to improve the competitiveness of their economies, but many challenges still remain. An updated Industrial performance scoreboard assesses Member States’ industrial performance in five key areas, namely innovation and sustainability; business environment, services and infrastructure; public administration; finance and investment; and skills. The areas …Read More

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Do European fines deter price fixing?

25 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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Mariniello, M., (2013), “Do European fines deter price fixing?”, VoxEU, 22 Σεπτεμβρίου. Cartel fines imposed by the European Commission routinely reach hundreds of millions of euro, having increased since the new 2006 fining policy. This column argues that they are still below their optimal level and come too slowly. Fines were often lower than the additional cartel profits and imposed 10 to 20 years after making the law-breaking decision was …Read More

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Blogs review: Battle of narratives over the European recovery

25 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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Cohen-Setton, J., (2013), “Blogs review: Battle of narratives over the European recovery”, Bruegel, 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. Many European leaders have started to claim credit for the recent improvement in economic conditions in the Eurozone. The boldest example was certainly the op-ed written last week by Wolfgang Schauble where Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance used the good news to claim vindication over the skeptics of the European approach to the EMU crisis. …Read More

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Looking at Europe’s Jobs Challenge: ‘A Way Out Does Exist!’

25 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013

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De Molli, V., (2013), “Looking at Europe’s Jobs Challenge: ‘A Way Out Does Exist!’”, EconoMonitor, 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. We are in the midst of an extremely delicate and fragile historical nexus. The crisis is worse than ever and is hitting above all those companies that are less-prepared and the weaker strata of society. Young people find themselves in ever-greater difficulty (one out of three in Italy and one out of two …Read More

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