Title
Crash Course on the Euro Crisis
Author(s)
Markus K. Brunnermeier Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton University)
Ricardo Reis Ricardo Reis (London School of Economics)
Abstract
The financial crises of the last twenty years brought new economic concepts into classroom discussions. This article introduces undergraduate students and teachers to seven of these models: (i) misallocation of capital inflows, (ii) modern and shadow banks, (iii) strategic complementarities and amplification, (iv) debt contracts and the distinction between solvency and liquidity, (v) the diabolic loop, (vi) regional flights to safety, and (vii) unconventional monetary policy. We apply each of them to provide a full account of the euro crisis of 2010-12.
Creation Date
2019-08
Section URL ID
Paper Number
258
URL
https://gceps.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/258_Brunnermeier-Reis.pdf
File Function
Jel
A22; E44; E50; F30; G01
Keyword(s)
Europe
Suppress
false
Series
3