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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484679703321

Autore

Guthmann Kai

Titolo

Fiscal consolidation in the Euro crisis : politico-economic and institutional causes / / Kai Guthmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-57768-6

9783030577681

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 192 p. 13 illus., 1 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

336.4

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - European Union countries

Tax and expenditure limitations - European Union countries

Hochschulschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Fiscal Adjustment in Europe -- Theoretical Framework: Austerity's Institutional Origins -- Empirical Analysis: Intra-EMU Heterogeneity & Austerity -- Adjustment by Force: The Realization of Austerity -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book sheds new light on if and why, between 2009 and 2015, European governments succeeded or failed in initiating and actually realizing some of the farthest-reaching austerity plans in modern history. The author analyzes the economic and political context and the underlying causes of austerity and economic adjustment packages during the Euro crisis. In doing so, he shows that austerity has its roots in an institutional mismatch between capitalist diversity in the Eurozone on the one hand, and an ill-conceived common economic regime on the other. In this context, austerity trumped politics, and even democracy itself. The book will appeal to scholars of political science and comparative political economy, as well as governmental policymakers and practitioners in the finance sector.