Understanding the crisis in Greece: from boom to bust
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Titel: Understanding the crisis in Greece
Autor: Mitsopoulos, Michael
Jahr: 2012
Contents
List of Figures and Tables xi
Part I
1 Introduction 3
2 Vikings in Greece: Rents, the Design of the Greek
Political System and the Blockage of Reforms 6
2.1 Introduction 6
2.2 Description of the players of the game 7
2.3 Powerful interest groups as rent-seeking "Vikings"
in Greece 8
2.4 Rationally ignorant and misinformed voters who are
afraid of reform 10
2.5 The role of the media as an obstacle to reform 14
2.6 The administration as a prize for the interest groups 15
2.7 The failure of the mandate holders 16
2.8 Conclusion 20
References 22
3 Corruption, Policy Inadequacy and the Greek
Constitution 24
3.1 Introduction 24
3.2 Literature survey 26
3.3 Mandate holders and their motive to get corrupted 30
3.4 Democracy: The strength of the government,
minorities and the separation of powers 32
3.5 Minorities: Potential corrupters and protectors
of democracy 34
3.6 The practice of creating strong governments with
sufficient separation of powers 37
3.7 Proposals for constitutional reform in Greece 48
3.8 Conclusion 51
References 52
vii
viii Contents
4 Efficiency and Quality of Justice in Greece 55
4.1 Introduction 55
4.2 Measures of the judiciary's efficiency 57
4.3 Analysis of an indirect measure of the time required
to dispose justice in Greece 59
4.4 Appeals court decisions - case facts as a direct proxy
for the time needed to dispose justice in Greece 63
4.5 European Court of Human Rights decisions regarding
delays in Greek courts 68
4.6 Time needed to dispose cases and resources 71
4.7 The increase in the appellate rate 74
4.8 The cost of using official arbitration 76
4.9 Rents and the judiciary: The Greek case of demand
and supply for legal services 77
4.10 Simplifying procedures and strengthening
accountability 84
4.11 Preserving the independence of the judiciary during
reform 102
4.12 Conclusions 103
References 104
Part II
5 Strong Growth and Weak Institutions: The Greek
Paradox Reconsidered 109
5.1 Introduction 109
5.2 Greece: Rapid growth over the past years 111
5.3 Low competitiveness combined with a weak labor
market 121
5.3.1 Low competitiveness 121
5.3.2 A weak labor market 137
5.4 Taxation and labor market paradoxes 144
5.4.1 Facts of personal income taxation 144
5.4.2 A summary of the facts on personal income
taxation 161
5.4.3 Paradoxes of the Greek labor market explained 164
Contents ix
5.5 Private sector salaried employment attributes, corporate
taxation and corporate profitability 170
5.5.1 Private sector salaried employment, employer
size and the relative attractiveness of public
sector employment 170
5.5.2 Corporate income tax contribution in Greece 175
5.5.3 Profitability of Greek companies 183
5.6 The current crisis and the Greek financial system 188
5.7 Certain basic parameters of the Greek pension system 201
5.8 Main parameters of the Greek public finances 209
5.9 The examples of Finland and Ireland and how they
can be an example for Greece 217
5.10 Conclusions 222
6 The Greek Economic Crisis and the Conditionality
Program 230
6.1 How the crisis unfolded and how the Greek
government initially reacted 230
6.2 What the Memorandum initially provided 236
6.3 The implementation of the Memorandum till July 2011 242
6.4 July 2011 and the implementation of the Medium
Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) 250
6.5 After October 2011: Greece and the new structure
for economic governance in Europe 256
References 263
Appendix 1 Road Transport in Greece and Government
Intervention 264
Al.l An example of how the reform debate in Greece does
not focus on issues that are crucially related to the low
competitiveness of the country 264
Appendix 2 Shop Opening Hours in Greece 268
A2.1 An example of how consumer interests are not a
consideration in reform debates when one
has to deregulate, rather than regulate 268
Appendix 3 Basic Examples of Details that Degrade the
Greek Business Environment 273
A3.1 Tax on raised capital 273
x Contents
A3.1.1 The situation in Greece 273
A3.1.2 European trends 273
A3.2 Publications in the Government Gazette 273
A3.2.1 The situation in Greece 273
A3.2.2 European trends 274
A3.3 Multiple notifications of a new hiring 274
A3.3.1 The situation in Greece 274
A3.3.2 European trends 275
A3.4 Taxing the transfer of private limited companies 275
A3.4.1 The situation in Greece 275
A3.4.2 European trends 275
A3.5 Regulatory impact assessment 276
A3.5.1 Thesituationin Greece 276
A3.5.2 European trends 276
A3.6 Certificate of origin for exports 276
A3.6.1 The situation in Greece 276
A3.6.2 European trends 277
References for Chapter 5 and Appendices 278
Notes 283
Index 286 |
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