La malaise française – Frankreichs Haushaltskrise und warum sie anhalten wird

Afflatet Nicolas ()
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Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 2016, vol. 65, issue 1, 075-095

Abstract: France is stuck in a severe crisis. Growth rates are low, unemployment is high just as public deficit and debt. The public budget is structurally unbalanced. Though, there is no sign of budget consolidation. The model of a war of attrition can help to explain this situation. Resistance of interest groups against changes in the French economic and social model prevents necessary budget adaptions. The French President however must thereby fear to further lose popularity in case he takes these unpopular measures. That is the reason why the French crisis is expected to last.

Keywords: Public Dept Crisis; War of Attrition; Budget Consolidation; Verschuldungskrise; Abnutzungskrieg; Haushaltskonsolidierung; Public Dept Crisis; War of Attrition; Budget Consolidation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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