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In Italy, the year 2018 ended with a renewed shrinking of the gross domestic product.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 120: he authors show that despite its high debt-to-GDP ratio and increasing risk premia on government bonds, Italy’s public debt remains sustainable for now.

KBW 17: The authors point out that despite the completion of the financial assistance programs and the economic stabilization during the last years, Greece still faces serious economic problems.

In the course of the EU Eastern Enlargement the United Kingdom was one of the few EU-15 countries which from the beginning took advantage of the opportunities provided by the freedom of movement for workers.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 116: Thanks to an indirect hair cut on its debt via low long-term fixed interest rates and maturity extensions Greece has been given the opportunity to secure its access to capital markets without the prohibitive burden of its...

Britain wants the Brexit and elsewhere anti-European forces on the left and right gain strength. The differences between the EU member states in terms of economic strength and understanding of the role of the state, the European Central Bank and the...

Against the background of increasing globalization of economic structures, the question of a "reasonable" division of labor between global and national economic policy is raised.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 108: The political conflict over the legal status of Catalonia fuels concerns about the future economic development in Spain which returned on a path of econ

Kiel Policy Brief No. 107: The authors Klaus Schrader and Marta Ulivelli analyse the shortcomings of the Italian economy and of the labour market in particular against the backdrop of the widespread fear that Italy could turn into a second Greece and...