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Decades of Tight Fiscal Policy Have Left the Health Care System in Italy Ill-Prepared to Fight the COVID-19 Outbreak

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  • Franz J. Prante

    (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

  • Alessandro Bramucci

    (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

  • Achim Truger

    (University Duisburg-Essen)

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Although austerity was particularly strong in the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2008 and its consequences in the euro area, Italian fiscal policies have been characterised by tough consolidation periods ever since the 1990s.

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  • Franz J. Prante & Alessandro Bramucci & Achim Truger, 2020. "Decades of Tight Fiscal Policy Have Left the Health Care System in Italy Ill-Prepared to Fight the COVID-19 Outbreak," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 55(3), pages 147-152, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intere:v:55:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s10272-020-0886-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10272-020-0886-0
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