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Book Review: Austerity: When It Works and When It Doesn't

Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 2019
A new book by Harvard economist Alberto Alesina, and Carlo Favero and Francesco Giavazzi, both of the University Bocconi, _Austerity: When It Works and When It Doesn't_ empirically assesses the fiscal measures implemented by 16 developed economies since ...
Mark Thornton
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Un-anticipated oil price shocks and fiscal austerity in OPEC+ nations

Financial Innovation
This study explores the extent to which OPEC+ nations have abandoned fiscal austerity in response to both anticipated and unexpected oil price fluctuations. To analyze this, we construct fiscal austerity indicators that reflect reduced budgets, increased
Xiaodan Zhu, Waqar Ameer, Kazi Sohag
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Heterogeneity in Food Price Inflation Convergence Across the EU: Evidence From Club Dynamics and Structural Breaks

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines food price inflation rate convergence among EU27 Member States from 2005 to 2024, focusing on structural breaks, external shocks, and regional disparities. Using panel unit root tests and club convergence analysis, the findings reveal no overall convergence but identify multiple convergence clubs.
Tibor Bareith, Imre Fertő
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Austerity in the Baltic States during the global financial crisis [PDF]

, 2013
The Baltic states were arguably the countries most severely affected by the global financial crisis. This article discusses the boom preceding the crisis, the ensuing austerity policies and the economic effects of these policies.
Staehr, Karsten
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Urban fiscal austerity, infrastructure provision and the struggle for regional transit in 'Motor City' [PDF]

, 2014
Studies suggest that urban fiscal crises trigger the institutional separation of strategic services from general purpose municipal functions. Traditional reformists have highlighted the economic benefits of regional approaches.
Hall, Stephen, Jonas, Andrew E. G.
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Innovative Artificial Intelligence‐Assisted Systems for Social Science Research: Architecture Design and Applied Practice

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid advancement of large language model (LLM) technology is profoundly transforming the practice of social science research. Scholarly discussions on Artificial Intelligence (AI)'s role in social science research can be organised into three levels: AI as a research tool, AI as a methodological infrastructure and AI as a quasi‐cognitive ...
Jie Xiong
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CARDIM DE CARVALHO AND THE POST KEYNESIANS ON FISCAL POLICY: THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AUSTERITY

Revista de Economia Contemporânea, 2020
This paper discusses the role of austerity policies in the long-run path of the economy, from a Post Keynesian perspective. Our starting points are the role of aggregate demand to determine output in the short and long run and the importance of fiscal ...
Gilberto Libanio
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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Europe is now stuck in a fiscal trap, brought about by the failure of orthodox economics to provide an effective strategy for economic growth [PDF]

, 2012
The United States has yet to resolve its “fiscal cliff”, its own version of austerity. Dimitri B. Papadimitriou and Greg Hannsgen of the Levy Economics Institute offer an analysis of what they term the “fiscal trap.” They argue many economists and ...
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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