Volume 45 · July/August 2010 · Number 4

Editorial

• Will the Stress Tests for Banks Improve the Stability of Financial Markets?

  Dorothea Schäfer

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Articles

• “An Ungovernable Anarchy”: The United States’ Response to Depression and Default, 1837-1848

  Alasdair Roberts

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• A New Framework for Fiscal Policy Consolidation in Europe

  Peter Bofinger, Stefan Ried

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• Cutting Wages and Employment in the Public Sector: Smarter Fiscal Consolidation Strategies Needed

  Vera Glassner, Andrew Watt

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• Boom and Bust in the Baltic Countries – Lessons to be Learnt

  Reiner Martin

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• Trade in Healthcare and Health Insurance Services: WTO/GATS as a Supporting Actor (?)

  Rudolf Adlung

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• Municipalities and Regions in Locational Competition – New Economic Considerations

  Birgit Aigner-Walder, Thomas Döring, Eithne Knappitsch

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• Revisiting the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements – The Role of Complementary Trade and Investment Policies

  Matthias Busse

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Economic Trends

• Risks of Deflation versus Risks of Excessive Inflation in Europe

  Ray Barrell, Tatiana Fic

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