Weathering the crisis and beyond: perspectives for the Euro area

Christoph Schmidt and Benjamin Weigert

International Tax and Public Finance, 2013, vol. 20, issue 4, 564-595

Abstract: The Euro area is experiencing a severe and highly complex crisis. It comprises three problem areas: the difficulties of some highly indebted European sovereigns to ascertain funding at palatable cost, the disconcerting fragility of the European banking system and disappointing growth prospects in the Euro area periphery. To make matters even worse, these problems have developed into a systemic crisis of the European Monetary Union (EMU), since observers have apparently developed fundamental doubts over its integrity. To overcome this systemic crisis, it would not be sufficient, if only the stronger Euro area economies provided more solidarity, nor would it be sufficient, if only all of Europe adhered to ironclad budgetary discipline from now on. A European Redemption Pact could be a strong political commitment to the EMU and offer a bridge between the proponents of fiscal discipline and structural reform and those governments advocating more support. This pact would entail two indispensable aspects, the codification of a credible and coherent reform path and a temporary and limited instrument for joint refinancing. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

Keywords: Euro crisis; Governance of the Euro area; Debt sustainability; Financial market regulation; European redemption pact; E60; E42; H6; G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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