Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis

Part I. Introduction and Political Economy Approaches

1. Introduction
Christopher Tsoukis, Ioannis Bournakis, Dimitris K. Christopoulos, Theodore Palivos

2. The Eurozone Crisis: A Near-Perfect Case of Mismanagement
Charles Wyplosz

3. The Elusive Promise of Structural Reform
Dani Rodrik

4. The Responsibility of the EU
John Grahl

5. German Macroeconomic Thought and Its Effects
George Bratsiotis, David Cobham

6. Seven Years of Austerity and the Greek Dra(ch)ma: Three Economists’ Views and a Comment
Menelaos G. Karanasos, Panagiotis D. Koutroumpis, John Hatgioannides, Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala

Part II. Debt, Austerity and Credit Ratings

7. A Macroeconomic Perspective on the Greek Debt Crisis
Michael Wickens

8. On the Role of the Credit Rating Agencies in the Euro Zone Crisis
Periklis Boumparis, Costas Milas, Theodore Panagiotidis

9. The Greek Great Depression: A General Equilibrium Study of its Drivers
George Economides, Dimitris Papageorgiou, Apostolis Philippopoulos

10. The Limits of Austerity: The Fiscal Multiplier and the ‘Debt Laffer Curve’
Christopher Tsoukis

11. Fiscal Consolidation Policies and the Underground Economy: The Case of Greece
Evi Pappa, Rana Sajedi, Eugenia Vella

Part III. Sectoral Views

12. Output and Unemployment: Estimating Okun’s Law for Greece
Ioannis Bournakis, Dimitris K. Christopoulos

13. On the Determinants of NPLs: Lessons from Greece
Evangelos Charalambakis, Yiannis Dendramis, Elias Tzavalis

14. Who Exports High-Quality Manufacturing Products? Some Empirical Regularities From Greek Exporting Firms
Sarantis Kalyvitis

15. Spatial Structure and Spatial Dynamics of Regional Incomes in Greece
Burhan Can Karahasan, Vassilis Monastiriotis

16. Greece’s Competitiveness: A Survey and Concluding Remarks
Ioannis Bournakis, Christopher Tsoukis

Avainsanat: Finance, Financial Crises, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, International Political Economy