Mitchell, B. (2015) “ECB should start funding government infrastructure and cash handouts“, Bill Mitchell Blog, 30 Μαρτίου. I was a signatory to a letter published in the Financial Times on Thursday (March 26, 2015) – Better ways to boost eurozone economy and employment – which called for a major fiscal stimulus from the European Central Bank (given it is the only body in the Eurozone that can introduce such …Read More
Fiscal Policy And Structural Reform
Gaspar, V. (2015) “Fiscal Policy And Structural Reform“, iMFdirect, 27 Μαρτίου. One of the big questions to emerge from the global financial crisis, especially in the euro area, is how to raise a country’s potential growth while restoring healthy public finances. For example, the euro area— despite some favorable news recently — faces marked-down growth prospects alongside high levels of public debt. The combination of high debt and tepid …Read More
Policing the Crisis: the Other Side of the Story
Rosa Vasilaki (2015) “Policing the Crisis: the Other Side of the Story“, LSE EUROPP, 27 Μαρτίου. The paper looked at the views and experiences of police officers during the years of the recent economic and political crisis. The story of the protesters and those who have been resisting the austerity measures in Greece is well documented, however, the story of those who have been tasked to reinforce – via …Read More
Βασικοί Δείκτες Έρευνας και Ανάπτυξης για δαπάνες και προσωπικό το 2013 στην Ελλάδα
“Βασικοί Δείκτες Έρευνας και Ανάπτυξης για δαπάνες και προσωπικό το 2013 στην Ελλάδα“, Εθνικό Κέντρο Τεκμηρίωσης, Μάρτιος 2015. Η έκδοση παρουσιάζει τους βασικούς δείκτες για τις δαπάνες και το προσωπικό σε Έρευνα και Ανάπτυξη στην Ελλάδα, σύμφωνα με τα τελικά συγκεντρωτικά στατιστικά στοιχεία για το έτος 2013, τα οποία απεστάλησαν από το Εθνικό Κέντρο Τεκμηρίωσης στη Eurostat, σε εφαρμογή του Ευρωπαϊκού Κανονισμού 995/2012. Σχετικές αναρτήσεις: Primeri, Ε. (2015) …Read More
Καινοτομία στις ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις 2010 – 2012
«Καινοτομία στις ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις 2010 – 2012», Εθνικό Κέντρο Τεκμηρίωσης, 2015. Η έκδοση παρουσιάζει τα κύρια αποτελέσματα της έρευνας για την «Καινοτομία στις ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις» την περίοδο 2010 έως και 2012. Η διεξαγωγή της έρευνας πραγματοποιήθηκε για πρώτη φορά από το Εθνικό Κέντρο Τεκμηρίωσης το 2014 με αναφορά στην τριετία 2010-2012 και τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας για την Ελλάδα απεστάλησαν στην Eurostat, σε εφαρμογή του Ευρωπαϊκού Κανονισμού 995/2012. Η …Read More
The political economy of the distributional character of the Greek taxation system (1995–2008)
Ioannidis, Y. (2015) “The political economy of the distributional character of the Greek taxation system (1995–2008)“, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies Journal, Vol. 15, Issue 1, Μάρτιος, σελ. 77-96. The period between 1995 and 2008 is one of the fundamental transformations in the Greek economy. In that sense, we would expect an equally drastic change to have taken place in the structure of the taxation system. Nevertheless, no …Read More
Syriza must stay left of the line – more is at stake than Greece
Mitchell, B. (2015) “Syriza must stay left of the line – more is at stake than Greece“, Bill Mitchell Blog, 24 Μαρτίου. There were regional elections in the autonomous community of Andalusia (Spain) over the weekend which saw the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) hold onto power. The results showed that the left-wing political party – Podemos – which received nearly 8 per cent of the Spanish vote (5 …Read More
Microeconomic origins of macroeconomic tail risks
Acemoglu, D., Ozdaglar, A. & Tahbaz-Salehi, A. (2015) “Microeconomic origins of macroeconomic tail risks, VoxEU Organisation, 27 Μαρτίου. Understanding large economic downturns is one of macroeconomics’ central goals. This column argues that imbalances in input-output linkages can interact with firm-level shocks to produce output fluctuations that are much larger than the underlying shocks. The result can be large cycles arising from small, firm-level shocks. It is thus important to …Read More
Benchmarking Working Europe 2015
European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) Benchmarking Working Europe 2015, ETUI aisbl: Βρυξέλλες, Μάρτιος 2015. Published every year, the report analyses the state of working Europe explaining with the aid of statistics and graphs the main trends in terms of Europe’s macro-economic situation, its labour market development, the situation of wages and collective bargaining, and worker participation. The focus of this year’s Benchmarking report is on the lessons learned – …Read More
Both Greece and its creditors must compromise to prevent the risk of a Grexit
Codogno, L. & De Grauwe, P. (2015) “Both Greece and its creditors must compromise to prevent the risk of a Grexit“, LSE EUROPP, 26 Μαρτίου. Greece and its creditors have been engaged in a two-month standoff over the release of further financial assistance to the country. Lorenzo Codogno and Paul De Grauwe write that with no agreement yet reached, the possibility of Greece leaving the euro has now become …Read More