Complexity, coupling and policy effectiveness: The European response to the Greek sovereign debt crisis

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-116

  Zahariadis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

crisis management; Economic and Monetary Union; Greece; normal accidents theory; policy effectiveness; sovereign debt crisis

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DEBT CRISIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC POLICY; FISCAL POLICY; MONETARY UNION; SOVEREIGNTY;

GREECE;

EID: 84862553053     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X12000062     Document Type: Article

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