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The Fiscal Crisis is a Crisis in Trust

The sources of the fiscal crisis have been different, but the prescribed measures amount to two: achieve budget surpluses to start reducing the size of the debt, and undertake the necessary reforms to create or boost the productive base, so … Continue reading

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Reprisals Remembered: German-Greek Conflict and Car Sales during the Euro Crisis

by Vicky Fouka Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Economics and Business, Barcelona, Spain. [email protected] and Hans-Joachim Voth CREI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. [email protected] During the Greek debt crisis after 2010, the German government insisted on harsh austerity measures. This led to a … Continue reading

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Re-thinking my city

In a column published in Kathimerini, on August 13, 2013, Yannis Ioannides criticizes a proposed urban intervention that would convert Panepistimiou Street, a major thoroughfare in downtown Athens, into a pedestrian street. The Athens downtown has been hit hard by the … Continue reading

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Privatizations and Long Run Growth: Doing it Right?

Yannis Ioannides, in a presentation at McGill University, Montreal, on April 4, 2013, discussed the issue of privatizations in Greece, as part of the stabilization program and Greece’s agreements with the Troika. Massive privatizations were put on the agenda of … Continue reading

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Speech by Chris Pissarides on “Fiscal crisis and economic restructuring: lessons for the labour market”

In a talk in Athens on 5 October 2012, Chris Pissarides analyzed the causes of the global financial crisis, as well as of the crisis in Greece and Cyprus. A large part of his talk focused on the relationship between … Continue reading

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Letter from Boston, by Yannis Ioannides

In a Letter from Boston, Yannis Ioannides describes his impressions from a speech by Ollie Rehn, a European Commissioner and the Vice-President of the Commission, which took place at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University on 25 September … Continue reading

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LSE event on the Greek crisis and its possible resolutions

On 11 September 2012 a discussion took place at the London School of Economics about the Greek crisis. The first part of the discussion focused on (a) what should be the long-term “vision” for Greek economy and society, and (b) … Continue reading

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Tax evasion across industries: soft credit evidence from Greece

Tax evasion is a major problem in Greece and is notoriously hard not only to tackle but even to estimate. A new academic study by Nikolaos Artavanis, Adair Morse and Margarita Tsoutsoura develops an innovative methodology of estimating tax evasion … Continue reading

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Renegotiation of Memorandum Terms is a Red Flag for International Partners

In a radio interview to the station ‘Athina 9.84’, Michael Haliassos points out the dead end for which Greece is headed when it sets renegotiation of terms as its objective while the international partners stress the need to stick to … Continue reading

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Yannis Ioannides on Bloomberg Radio: “No rational economic debate surrounding the Greek elections”

In a Bloomberg interview, Yannis Ioannides argues that the Greek election outcome reflects the lack of serious, informed public debate on what is needed in order for the country to remain in the euro and fulfill her obligations under the … Continue reading

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