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Funding the Greek crisis : the European Union, cohesion policies, and the great recession /

How does one distinguish between European Union investments that improve welfare and those that create economic malaise? Funding the Greek Crisis: The European Union, Cohesion Policies, and the Great Recession explores the sources of the Greek Crisis that lie primarily in EU policies that appeared t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ikonomou, Constantinos
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Academic Press, 2018.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Funding the Greek Crisis; Copyright Page; Dedication; Quote; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The great Greek crisis; 1.1 The country of Greece: a fragmented territory; 1.2 Basic facts and figures on the Greek crisis; 1.2.1 The Greek case: a significant component in a chain of events; 1.3 Debts, interest rates and the resulting financial support; 1.4 The three different periods of debt-to-GDP ratio; 1.5 Explanations of the Greek crisis; 1.5.1 Structural and policy-oriented explanations.
  • 1.5.2 A brief historical assessment in welfare terms of Greece's choice to integrate in the European Communities1.5.3 Explaining the Greek crisis by looking at the mirror of the European institutional responses; 1.5.4 Policy-oriented and on-crisis policy explanations; 1.5.5 IMF policies and its mistakes; 1.6 Debt per GDP: the denominator of the fraction; 2 Theoretical underpinnings; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Resource allocation; 2.1.2 Investment theory: choice, programming, strategy; 2.1.3 Emphasizing infrastructure investment for development purposes.
  • 2.1.4 A useful distinction for economic growth and development studies: autonomous versus induced investment2.1.4.1 Induced investment, acceleration, and the cost of capital; 2.1.5 Implications from emphasizing autonomous investment: a few points from theory; 2.1.5.1 Implications on the rise of public expenditure; 2.1.5.2 Implications on the balance of trade; 2.1.5.3 Implications on growth: Is there a substitution relation between technology and integration?; 2.1.5.4 Implications on growth modeling and theory: the neoclassical model, the AK model, and a reconsideration of its critique.
  • 2.1.6 On the theory and policy of competitiveness2.1.6.1 Competitiveness: concept, measurement, and main challenges to consider; 2.1.6.2 Competitiveness and international trade; 2.1.6.3 Competitiveness and industrial change; 2.1.6.4 More complex views on competitiveness; 2.1.6.5 Measuring competitiveness: the use of indicators and relevant problems; 2.1.7 Investment under EU Cohesion and Agricultural Policy; 2.1.7.1 EU Cohesion Policy; 2.1.7.2 EU Common Agricultural Policy; 2.1.8 A few comments on EU Cohesion Policy, management, and organizational learning: a reference to Senge's theory.
  • 3 Analysis of the deeper causes of the Greek crisis3 The allocation of EU Funds in Greece; 3.1 Amounts and levels of invested expenditure; 3.2 Funding allocation and priorities; 3.2.1 An imbalanced allocation of EU funds; 3.2.2 Other priorities funded; 3.2.3 Human capital policies; 3.2.4 Agriculture as a principal funding priority; 3.2.5 Private investments; 3.2.5.1 The invisible target of Competitiveness; 3.3 Comparing the allocation of funds in Greece and other Cohesion countries; 3.4 The programming of Cohesion policy in Greece; 3.5 Regulation and competition.