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International macroeconomic policy coordination

Frankel, Jeffrey, (2015), “International macroeconomic policy coordination”, Voxeu, 9 Δεκεμβρίου. Calls for coordination of macroeconomic policy have made a comeback since the Global Crisis. This column reviews this return of international policy coordination, both in terms of fiscal and monetary policy. It discusses recent developments and considerations in fiscal and monetary policy games, and cautions that most but not all calls for coordination are useful. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Goodhart, Α.Ε. C. & Erfurth, …Read More

How Inequality Kills

Stiglitz, Joseph, (2015), “How Inequality Kills”, Social Europe Journal, 8 Δεκεμβρίου This week, Angus Deaton will receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.” Deservedly so. Indeed, soon after the award was announced in October, Deaton published some startling work with Ann Case in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – research that is at least as newsworthy as the Nobel ceremony. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Alfani, Guido, Ryckbosch, Wouter, (2015), “Income inequality …Read More

The aftermath of the Greek Elections: Who voted for who?

Bougioukos, Vasileios, Casey, Bernard, (2015), “The aftermath of the Greek Elections: Who voted for who?”, Lse blog, 7 Δεκεμβρίου Of course, the main story, apart from the fact that Syriza won, was that more people than ever before didn’t vote at all. Abstention reached a record level of 44 per cent.Nonetheless, and especially in the light of the HO seminar of 24 November where who voted for Golden Dawn (GD) and why was …Read More

The Nordic Labor Market and Migration

Ho, Giang, Shirono, Kazuko, (2015), “The Nordic Labor Market and Migration”, IMF papers, 4 Δεκεμβρίου The large influx of migrants to Nordic countries in recent years is challenging the adoptability of Nordic labor market institutions while also adding to potential growth. This paper examines the trends, economic drivers, and labor market implications of migration to Nordic countries with a particular focus on economic migration as distinct from the recent large flows of …Read More

The puzzle of technical dis-employment and productivity slowdown

Cohen-Setton, Jeremie, (2015), “The puzzle of technical dis-employment and productivity slowdown”, Bruegel, 7 Δεκεμβρίου What’s at stake: Larry Summers made an important speech a few weeks ago at a Peterson Institute conference on the productivity slowdown arguing it is hard to see how recent technical change could both be a major source of dis-employment and not be associated with productivity improvement. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Caliendo, Marco, Schmidl, Ricarda, (2015), “Youth Unemployment and Active …Read More

We are shrinking! The neglected drop in Gross Planet Product

A.G. van Bergeijk, Peter, (2015), “We are shrinking! The neglected drop in Gross Planet Product”, Voxeu, 7 Δεκεμβρίου The analysis and forecasts of the IMF are well covered in the press. This column deals with a less noted development in the data provided by the IMF, namely the nominal decrease in Gross Planet Product. Since the IMF forecast both positive growth and positive inflation, the nominal shrinkage of GPP puts into …Read More

Completing the Banking Union: Deposit Insurance

Gros, Daniel, (2015), “Completing the Banking Union: Deposit Insurance”, Ceps publications, 3 Δεκεμβρίου. It is generally agreed that a Banking Union should have common or ‘single’ institutions responsible for carrying out three basic functions: supervision, resolution and deposit insurance.  So far, however, agreement has been reached in the EU on only the first two of these functions. The Commission has now presented its proposal on how to complete the Banking Union with a …Read More

Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Preemptive or Post-Default

Asonuma, Tamon, Trebesch, Christoph, (2015), “Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Preemptive or Post-Default”, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Νοέμβριος. Sovereign debt restructurings can be implemented preemptively – prior to a payment default. We code a comprehensive new dataset and find that preemptive restructurings (i) are frequent (38% of all deals 1978-2010), (ii) have lower haircuts, (iii) are quicker to negotiate, and (iv) see lower output losses. To rationalize these stylized facts, we build a …Read More

What caused the eurozone crisis?

Gros, Daniel, Baldwin, Richard, (2015), “What caused the eurozone crisis?”, Ceps publications, 27 Νοέμβρη After five years of crisis there are now signs that the eurozone economy is recovering, but it is far from being back to normal. The authors of this CEPS Commentary sound a note of caution: although progress has been made with the banking union and new institutions like the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), more needs to …Read More

Old Wine In New Bottles: The Economic Priorities Of The European Commission In 2016

Schuster, Joachim, (2015), “Old Wine In New Bottles: The Economic Priorities Of The European Commission In 2016”, Social Europe Journal, 4 Δεκεμβρίου A new annual cycle of EU economic policy coordination – aka the European Semester – has begun with the European Commission’s (EC) latest Annual Growth Survey (AGS). The AGS sets out the EC’s views on the EU’s social and economic priorities and provides the building blocks for the …Read More