A causal loop analysis of the austerity policy adopted to address the Euro crisis - effects and side effects. (29th December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moradi, Amir; Paulet, Elisabeth
• Is Part Of: International journal of applied decision sciences. Volume 8:Number 1(2015)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2014-12-29
• Subjects: Euro crisis -- austerity measures -- government debt -- budget deficit -- causal loop diagrams -- CLDs -- policy analysis -- austerity policy -- Euro zone crisis -- European banking crisis -- European sovereign debt crisis -- EU economy -- European Union -- modelling -- economic side effects -- rising unemployment rate -- economic recession -- eroded capital -- bank capital -- EU banks -- political side effects; Decision making -- Periodicals; Management science -- Periodicals; 658.403005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-8077

Abstract

The Euro crisis, consisting of the European banking crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis, has raised a huge amount of uncertainty in the Euro zone and has beset the entire world economic system. To address this concern, the austerity policy, emphasising on a surge in individual and corporate taxations and a decline in government spending, has been adopted by the highly leveraged countries in the Euro zone. This paper aims at analysing the dynamics of the austerity policy and demonstrating its effects and side effects on the EU economy by employing the causal loop diagrams to model parameters involved in it. We conclude that this policy has triggered three economic side effects of rising unemployment rate, economic recession and eroded capital of the EU banks as well as some political side effects, leading to the emergence of the debtor's dilemma and the political crisis in the Euro zone.