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The Euro Sovereign Debt Crisis and the Built-in Instability of the Euro

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  • Radu Vranceanu

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    (Economics Department - Essec Business School)

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This policy paper aims at presenting the key facts related to the Euro sovereign debt crisis that occurred in the interval 2010-2012. It points out some main coordination failures that are at the origin of the crisis, and comments on the effectiveness of various stabilization measures undertook by governments and the EU institutions.

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Keywords: coordination failure; ECB; EU; Euro sovereign debt crisis; fiscal and monetary policy; illiquidity;

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