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The Greek Tragedy

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  • Hans-Werner Sinn

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Contents: 1. The Public Rescue Credit 2. Did the Money Help? 3. Who Benefited from the Rescue Credit? 4. Interest Rebates 5. Risks of Creditor Countries 6. Loss of Competitiveness and Four Options for Greece 7. Advantages and Disadvantages of a Grexit 8. The Exit Procedure 9. Concluding Remarks

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  • Hans-Werner Sinn, 2015. "The Greek Tragedy," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 68(1), pages 03-33, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:68:y:2015:i:1:p:03-33
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    • Hans-Werner Sinn, 2015. "The Greek Tragedy," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 15(1), pages 5-35, June.

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    1. Martin Mosler & Niklas Potrafke & Markus Reischmann, 2019. "How to Handle the Fiscal Crisis in Greece: Empirical Evidence Based on a Survey of Economic Experts," Fiscal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(3), pages 375-399, September.
    2. Mats Persson, 2016. "Debts, Deficits and Multiple Equilibria: A New Role for ECB Monetary Policy?," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 17(01), pages 63-71, April.
    3. Thomas Mayer & Gunther Schnabl, 2023. "How to escape from the debt trap: Lessons from the past," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(4), pages 991-1016, April.
    4. Sinn Hans-Werner, 2019. "Der Streit um die Targetsalden : Kommentar zu Martin Hellwigs Artikel „Target-Falle oder Empörungsfalle?“," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 20(3), pages 170-217, September.
    5. Economides, George & Papageorgiou, Dmitris & Philippopoulos, Apostolis, 2020. "Macroeconomic policy lessons from Greece," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 107155, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    6. Laura Arnemann & Kai A Konrad & Niklas Potrafke, 2021. "Collective memories on the 2010 European debt crisis," European Union Politics, , vol. 22(4), pages 762-784, December.
    7. Hans-Werner Sinn, 2018. "The ECB’s fiscal policy," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 25(6), pages 1404-1433, December.
    8. Niklas Potrafke & Markus Reischmann, 2016. "How to Deal with the Crisis in Greece – A Survey of International Experts," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 69(10), pages 34-36, May.
    9. Hubert Gabrisch, 2021. "Die prekäre alte Normalität der EU und die Notwendigkeit zur Reform [The EU’s Precarious Old Normal and the Need for Reform]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 101(10), pages 814-820, October.
    10. Pablo G. Bortz, 2015. "The Greek "Rescue": Where Did the Money Go? An Analysis," Working Papers Series 29, Institute for New Economic Thinking.
    11. Niklas Potrafke & Markus Reischmann, 2016. "Economic Reforms in Greece: a Heraclean Task," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 69(06), pages 22-25, March.
    12. Niklas Potrafke & Markus Reischmann, 2016. "How to Handle the Crisis in Greece? Empirical Evidence Based on a Survey of Economics Experts," CESifo Working Paper Series 5860, CESifo.
    13. König, Jörg, 2022. "Europas Schuldenproblem: Wie sich der gordische Knoten lösen lässt," Argumente zur Marktwirtschaft und Politik 164, Stiftung Marktwirtschaft / The Market Economy Foundation, Berlin.

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    JEL classification:

    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises

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