Searching for Exits from the Great Recession: Coordination of Fiscal Consolidation and Growth Enhancing Innovation Policies in Central and Eastern Europe. Issue 7 (9th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Karo, Erkki; Kattel, Rainer; Raudla, Ringa
• Is Part Of: Europe-Asia studies. Volume 69:Issue 7(2017)
• Page Start: 1009
• Page End: 1026
• Publication Date: 2017-08-09
• Subjects: Europe, Eastern -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Periodicals; Former Soviet republics -- Periodicals; Soviet Union -- History -- Periodicals; 940
• DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2017.1376183
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-8136

Abstract

Abstract: To overcome the Great Recession that started in 2008, the European Union (EU) has opted for a strategy that combines austerity-driven fiscal and experimental 'growth-enhancing' research, development, and innovation (RDI) policies supported by different coordination mechanisms. We analyse the experiences of four Central and Eastern European economies—the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia—in implementing this strategy. Given the weak policy capacities both in the EU institutions and CEE economies to draft and coordinate such novel RDI policies, we find that the implementation of this strategy is more challenging under the current EU fiscal and economic policy coordination system than assumed by the EU.