Journal of Economic Perspectives
ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)
Political Credit Cycles: The Case of the Eurozone
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 27,
no. 3, Summer 2013
(pp. 145–66)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
We study the mechanisms through which the entry into the euro delayed, rather than advanced, key economic reforms in the eurozone periphery and led to the deterioration of important institutions in these countries. We show that the abandonment of the reform process and the institutional deterioration, in turn, not only reduced their growth prospects but also fed back into financial conditions, prolonging the credit boom and delaying the response to the bubble when the speculative nature of the cycle was already evident. We analyze empirically the interrelation between the financial boom and the reform process in Greece, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal and, by way of contrast, in Germany, a country that did experience a reform process after the creation of the euro.Citation
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús, Luis Garicano, and Tano Santos. 2013. "Political Credit Cycles: The Case of the Eurozone." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27 (3): 145–66. DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.3.145JEL Classification
- D02 Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations
- D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- E44 Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- F33 International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
- F36 Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
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