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Financialization in the European Periphery and the Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Portuguese Case

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  • Ricardo Barradas
  • Sérgio Lagoa
  • Emanuel Leão
  • Ricardo Paes Mamede

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The financial sector has acquired great prominence in most developed economies. Some authors argue that the growth of finance is at the root of the financial and economic difficulties of the past decade. This article aims to analyze this claim by looking at financialization in the European periphery, focusing on the Portuguese case. The emergence of this phenomenon is contextualized from a historical, economic and international perspective. Based on the analysis of several indicators, the article concludes that the Portuguese economy exhibits symptoms of financialization that are typically found in Southern European countries and that these differ significantly from the patterns characterizing financialization processes in more advanced economies. The article discusses how the increasing importance of financial actors and motives in the Portuguese economy played a decisive role in the emergence of the crisis.

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  • Ricardo Barradas & Sérgio Lagoa & Emanuel Leão & Ricardo Paes Mamede, 2018. "Financialization in the European Periphery and the Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Portuguese Case," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(4), pages 1056-1083, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:52:y:2018:i:4:p:1056-1083
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2018.1527589
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    1. Ricardo Barradas & Ines Tomas, 2023. "Household indebtedness in the European Union countries: Going beyond the mainstream interpretation," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 76(304), pages 21-49.
    2. Fusheng Xie & Jiateng Wang & Zhi Li, 2023. "The Greek Crisis Under Structural Constraints," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 55(2), pages 309-332, June.
    3. Yang, Jizhe & Jiang, Tingfeng & Wen, Xingchun & Dai, Lu, 2024. "Time-varying and spillover effects of the macroeconomy on nonfinancial corporate financialization: Evidence from China," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    4. Ana Romão & Ricardo Barradas, 2024. "Macroeconomic determinants of households' indebtedness in Portugal: What really matters in the era of financialisation?," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(1), pages 383-401, January.
    5. Diogo Correia & Ricardo Barradas, 2021. "Financialisation and the slowdown of labour productivity in Portugal: A Post-Keynesian approach," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 74(299), pages 325-346.
    6. Ricardo Barradas & Rishi Lakhani, 2024. "The finance–inequality nexus in the era of financialisation: Evidence for Portugal," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(3), pages 3510-3544, July.
    7. Ricardo Barradas & João Alcobia, 2024. "Determinants Of The Portuguese External Imbalances: The Lens Of Post-Keynesian Economics," Working Papers REM 2024/0334, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, REM, Universidade de Lisboa.
    8. Ricardo Barradas, 2023. "Why Has Labor Productivity Slowed Down in the Era of Financialization?: Insights from the Post-Keynesians for the European Union Countries," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 55(3), pages 390-422, September.
    9. Ricardo Barradas, 2019. "Financialization and Neoliberalism and the Fall in the Labor Share: A Panel Data Econometric Analysis for the European Union Countries," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 51(3), pages 383-417, September.
    10. Joanna Stawska & Ramona Rupeika-Apoga & Maciej Malaczewski & Iwona Dorota Czechowska & Fatima Sol Murta, 2022. "Financialization: curse or salvation? The case of Latvia, a small and post-transition economy," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 9(3), pages 173-197, March.
    11. João Alcobia & Ricardo Barradas, 2022. "Falling Labour Share and the Anaemic Growth in Portugal: a Post-Keynesian Econometric Analysis," Working Papers REM 2022/0247, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, REM, Universidade de Lisboa.
    12. Diogo Martins & Bruno Damásio, 2020. "One Troika fits all? Job crash, pro-market structural reform and austerity-driven therapy in Portugal," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 47(3), pages 495-521, August.

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