Collective Memories on the 2010 European Debt Crisis

Laura Arnemann, Kai Konrad and Niklas Potrafke

No 8825, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We examine whether collective memories on the aid&reform programs chosen to handle the 2010 European debt crisis differ between citizens from borrower and lender countries. We use new international survey data for non-experts and experts in member countries of the euro area. The results show that non-experts from borrower and lender countries remember aspects of the programs in different manners; indicating biases for assessments of how the crisis outcomes are perceived in borrower and lender countries. Nation-serving biases may well explain if the European debt crisis has reduced the sense of belonging rather than bringing European citizens closer together.

Keywords: collective memories; European debt crisis; nation-serving biases; aid&reform programmes; experts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F36 F55 H12 H87 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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