Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193020 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IUBH Discussion Papers - Business & Management No. 1/2018
Publisher: 
IUBH Internationale Hochschule, Bad Honnef
Abstract (Translated): 
This article gives an overview to the history of the Eurozone crisis, its immediate causes and the stabilization measures that have been taken so far. It sheds light on the current situation and its immense risks. The existing reform proposals are discussed and categorized. A future scenario describes that permanent and structurally determined economic imbalances between Eurozone's core countries and southern countries are likely. Therefore, the economic survival of the currency area crucially depends on financial transfers and the assumption of financial liability in favor of Eurozone's south. However, one-sided transfers are only politically feasible in the long-run, if they are directly democratically legitimized. If not, the whole European political project could fail due to the conflict about the common currency .
Subjects: 
Eurozone crisis
Optimum Currency Areas
monetary and fiscal policy
financial instruments
institutions
political negotiations
democracy
JEL: 
E61
E62
E63
F41
F42
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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