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Pandemic pushes polarisation: the Corona crisis and macroeconomic divergence in the Eurozone

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  • Claudius Gräbner

    (University of Duisburg
    Johannes Kepler University Linz
    ZOE, Institute for Future-Fit Economies)

  • Philipp Heimberger

    (Johannes Kepler University Linz
    Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (Wiiw))

  • Jakob Kapeller

    (University of Duisburg
    Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Abstract

This paper discusses the uneven consequences of the macroeconomic fallout from the Coronavirus and related economic policy responses against the background of an analysis of longer-term macroeconomic divergence in the Eurozone. We show that the macroeconomic impact of the Corona crisis is estimated to be more severe in Southern Eurozone countries than in Northern Eurozone countries, which further reinforces the tendency of an increasing economic polarisation. This polarisation process can be traced back to existing differences in production structures and uneven vulnerabilities of the underlying growth models. As a consequence, any policy response to the Corona crisis that does not take the deeper problems of structural polarisation into account will suffer from limited impact in the medium to long run.

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  • Claudius Gräbner & Philipp Heimberger & Jakob Kapeller, 2020. "Pandemic pushes polarisation: the Corona crisis and macroeconomic divergence in the Eurozone," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 47(3), pages 425-438, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:epolin:v:47:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s40812-020-00163-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s40812-020-00163-w
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    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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