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Chapter 2: European Imbalances

Giuseppe Bertola, John Driffill, Harold James, Hans-Werner Sinn, Jan-Egbert Sturm, Ákos Valentinyi
CESifo Group Munich, Munich, 2013

in: EEAG Report on the European Economy 2013, 55-72

This chapter identifies the factors that led to imbalances in the euro area, which resulted in the current balance-of-payments crisis. The chapter also discusses how rebalancing might be achieved, and how fiscal policy could accelerate this process.

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Giuseppe Bertola, John Driffill, Harold James, Hans-Werner Sinn, Jan-Egbert Sturm, Ákos Valentinyi
CESifo Group Munich, Munich, 2013