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Scharpf, F. W. (2013). Political Legitimacy in a Non-optimal Currency Area. MPIfG Discussion Paper, 13/15.

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New source: Scharpf, Fritz W. (2015). Political Legitimacy in a Non-Optimal Currency Area. In Olaf Cramme, & Sara Binzer Hobolt (Eds.), Democratic Politics in a European Union under Stress (pp. 19-47). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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1Globale Strukturen und ihre Steuerung, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214547              

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 Abstract: On the basis of a brief reconstruction of the causes and impacts of the euro crisis, this
paper explores, counterfactually and hypothetically, whether the new euro regime, insisting
on fiscal austerity and supply-side reforms, could have prevented the rise of the
crisis or is able to deal with its disastrous economic and social impact. A comparison
with the likely impact of transfer-based Keynesian reflation suggests that, in both cases,
economic success is uncertain, while both approaches are likely to produce severely
negative side-effects. In light of such dismal policy choices, attempts to politicize European
election campaigns are more likely to provoke unmanageable policy conflict than
to overcome the input-oriented, democratic deficit of European economic governance.
 Abstract: Das Papier analysiert die Ursachen der Eurokrise und fragt dann, kontrafaktisch und
hypothetisch, ob das neue, auf fiskalische Konsolidierung und strukturelle Reformen
setzende Euro-Regime die Krise hätte vermeiden können oder jetzt geeignet wäre, deren
desaströse ökonomische und soziale Folgen zu überwinden. Ein Vergleich mit der
Alternative einer keynesianischen Politik der transfergestützten fiskalischen Reflation
zeigt, dass in beiden Fällen der ökonomische Erfolg ungewiss bleibt, aber auf jeden Fall
mit gravierenden negativen Nebenwirkungen zu rechnen ist. Angesichts derart unerfreulicher
Politikoptionen würde der Versuch einer Politisierung der Wahlen zum Europäischen
Parlament eher kaum zu bewältigende Richtungs- und Verteilungskonflikte
provozieren, als zu einer Überwindung des europäischen Demokratiedefizits beitragen.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2013-12-15
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: IV, 32
 Publishing info: Köln : Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung
 Table of Contents: 1 Introduction
2 Performance of the original euro regime
Centralized monetary policy in a non-optimal currency zone
Euro crisis and euro-rescue policies
3 The new regime of euro governance
Revised problem perceptions and their implications
From soft recommendations to hardened requirements
What if the new regime had been in place?
4 The euro regime: What is gained and what was lost?
Limited gains
Instead of nominal devaluation, competitive real devaluation
Obstacles to the management of aggregate demand
Global capitalism and self-inflicted helplessness
But could the regime be patched?
5 Input legitimacy of the present euro regime?
6 Could political union provide the solution?
The risk of politicization
Legitimate majority rule?
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Title: MPIfG Discussion Paper
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MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, Editor              
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 13/15 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0944-2073
ISSN: 1864-4325