Economic Crisis and Structural Reforms in Southern Europe: Policy Lessons

ISBN-13: 9781138280335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 248 str.

Paolo Manasse; Dimitrios Katsikas

Opis

In recent years the countries of southern Europe have undergone a serious and prolonged economic crisis. Most have had to implement comprehensive economic adjustment programmes, including a wide range of structural reforms. This title examines these reforms, drawing policy lessons from their successes and failures.

Spis treści

List of contributors, List of figures, List of tables, Preface and Acknowledgements, Chapter 1: Introduction Katsikas, Dimitris and Manasse, Paolo Southern Europe in crisis, Chapter 2: Designing Structural Reforms in Times of Crisis: Lessons from the Past Katsikas, Dimitris,  Chapter 3. The Political Conditions for Economic Reform in Europe’s South Terzi, Alessio. Chapter 4. The Persistence-Resilience Trade-off in Unemployment: The Role of Labor and Product Market Institutions Aksoy, Tolga and Manasse, Paolo, Chapter 5: Reforms and External Balances in Southern Europe and Ireland Catão, Luís A. V., Chapter 6: Labour Market Reform in Portugal under the Adjustment Programme: Lessons for Policy Design Turrini, Alessandro, Chapter 7: Some Unpleasant Labour Arithmetics: A Tale of the Spanish 2012 Labour Market Reform, Cuerpo, Carlos, Geli, Federico and Herrero, Carlos, Chapter 8: Balancing Adjustment Policies and Structural reforms in Greece: The Case of Product Markets, Petralias, Athanassios, Anastasatou, Marianthi and Katsikas, Dimitris, Chapter 9: The Political Economy of Cyprus’ Financial Sector Reform Clerides, Sofronis, Chapter 10: Non-Performing Loans in the European Periphery: The Political Economy of Reform, Panagiotarea, Eleni, Chapter 11: The Restructuring of Spain’s Banking System: A Political Economy Approach, Otero-Iglesias, Miguel and Steinberg, Federico, Chapter 12: Conclusions Manasse, Paolo and Katsikas, Dimitris