Austerity: Too Much of a Good Thing?

This eCollection summarizes the views of leading economists about the path and content of budget adjustment that can help advance economies to move out of the crisis, and resolve the policy impasse that is unsettling the Eurozone.

[1]Austerity: Too Much of a Good Thing?

edited by Giancarlo Corsetti

Published 14 June 2012

Download the PDF of the eBook here [1].

See Table of Contents here.

Foreword

Introduction
Giancarlo Corsetti

The austerity question: 'How?' is as important as 'how much?' [2]
Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi

Spending cuts to improve confidence? No, the arithmetic goes the wrong way [3]
J Bradford DeLong

A time to spend: New insights into the multiplier effect [4]
Pontus Rendahl

The coming revolt against austerity [5]
Charles Wyplosz

The austerity debate: Make haste slowly [6]
Carlo Cottarelli

Fiscal austerity and policy credibility [7]
Marco Buti and Lucio R Pench

Fiscal consolidation: Too much of a good thing? [8]
John Van Reenen

Too early to sound the alarm [9]
Manfred J M Neumann

The impossible hope of an end to austerity [10]
Charles Wyplosz

Weekend elections: Democracy and the fiscal compact [11]
Francesco Daveri

Is high public debt harmful for economic growth? New evidence [12]
Ugo Panizza and Andrea F Presbitero

Has austerity gone too far? [13]
Giancarlo Corsetti

URL: http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/8121 [14]
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