Loans From the European Stability Mechanism to Combat the Corona Crisis are Not Enough

Abstract On 9 April 2020, the euro area finance ministers agreed on credit lines with the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to counter the corona crisis. The ESM loans are estimated at 200 billion euros. However, this figure is misleading. Only a few states would benefit at all over a 10-year gover...

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Main Author: Hans-Bernd Schäfer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Springer 2020-05-01
Series:Wirtschaftsdienst
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-020-2650-2