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This blog publishes articles by leading academic economists on issues relevant to economic policy and reforms in Greece. The crisis in Greece is also a time of opportunity: ambitious reforms can be...
View ArticleThe economic crisis in Greece: a time of reform and opportunity
This article explains the causes of the Greek crisis, as well as the key reforms that are needed to get Greece out of the crisis and make it prosperous. Reforms are on two main fronts: those designed...
View ArticleFinancial Times article: “Greek reforms can yet stave off default”
This article, written by Costas Meghir, Dimitri Vayanos and Nikos Vettas, argues that default can be avoided through an ambitious and feasible program of reforms. A more in-depth analysis of these...
View ArticlePanel discussion on the Greek financial crisis
On Friday night, 24/9/2010, at the end of a two-day academic conference on “Household Finance,” organized by professors L. Guiso, M. Haliassos, G. Hardouvelis, and T. Jappelli under the auspices of the...
View ArticleDevelopment is the only solution: seventeen proposals for a new development...
Is there a strategy that can free Greece from the grip of today’s unprecedented economic and social crisis and place her on a path of sustainable development and solid prosperity? The signers of this...
View ArticleCongratulations to Chris Pissarides for the 2010 Nobel prize in Economics!
We wish to congratulate our colleague, friend, and co-founder of this blog, Chris Pissarides from the London School of Economics for the Nobel Prize in Economics that he received on October 11, 2010....
View ArticleCoordination problems, perverse incentives and the key to Greek recovery: the...
Greek banks, like their international peers, have not simply faced the unfortunate consequences of an externally imposed crisis. Coordination problems and perverse incentives in the banking sector,...
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