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The European Context of Ireland’s Economic Crisis

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Alternative Title
European Economic Crisis: Ireland in Comparative Perspective
Author(s)
Dellepiane, Sebastian 
Hardiman, Niamh 
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4924
Date Issued
2010
Date Available
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Abstract
The current economic crisis has hit all European countries hard, but some are much more severely affected others. The problems manifest in European peripheral countries, especially Ireland, Spain, and Greece, have roots in domestic policy mistakes. However, the European context of these policy profiles also needs to be taken into account. The creation of the Euro initially yielded large credibility gains for the weaker economies, extending low interest rates across the Eurozone. But it also introduced a set of perverse incentives toward fiscal expansion which were supposed to be managed at domestic level. Weak European coordinating capacity meant there were few effective external disciplines on national decision-making. The sanctions built into the Stability and Growth Pact proved more controversial and therefore less constraining than originally envisaged. The problems accumulating in the weaker economies made them particularly exposed to crisis when the downturn came. The crisis is not merely one of peripheral economies' policy errors, but extends to the design of European decision-making and the management of monetary union. These issues are explored with reference to the Irish case: the crisis of the Irish and other peripheral economies points to a crisis at the heart of European politics.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Economic & Social Research Institute
Journal
The Economic and Social Review
Volume
41
Issue
No. 4, Winter
Start Page
471
End Page
498
Keywords
  • Economic crisis

  • EU

  • European monetary uni...

  • Fiscal policy

  • Ireland

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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1642791
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/58565
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
Description
Originally presented at: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2-5 September 2010. This version available on Social Science Research Network
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
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