Overcoming the Consequences of Financial Crisis on the Example of Island and Ireland

• Autorzy: Katarzyna Kalinowska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Will Ireland share the fate of Iceland? Is this open, small economy with a debt-to-GDP ratio of above 130% on the verge of bankruptcy? Economists argue that if public debt is greater than national income, then smaller economies, heavily involved in the international division of labor are at risk of becoming insolvent. The bankruptcy of Ireland, whose prosperity is based on its reputation for being a good place to do business, could be a catastrophy. Contrary to the countries of southern Europe, the economy of the Green Island has never had problems with paying its liabilities and with solvency. While Greece has gone bankrupt five times since gaining independence in 1826 and Spain as many as thirteen in the past two centuries, Ireland's history in this area is impeccable (Reinhard, Rogoff, 2009, p. 3-6). Since the beginning of the 21st century Ireland's economic development has been based mainly on construction industry and not exports, as it used to be in the 1990s when the country was nicknamed the Celtic Tiger. The boom resulted in a budget surplus and a positive balance in current settlements. But it also resulted in higher prices - the Irish no longer had to accept slow wage growth to stay internationally competitive - which, combined with the low nominal interest rate of the European Central Bank, provided fertile ground for the build-up of the real estate bubble. The aim of the article is to identify the factors that led Ireland to the brink of bankruptcy and to try to answer the question whether the action of recapitalization of failing banks by the government and international financial institutions will bring the expected results in the form of healing the financial system and returning Green Island to the path of economic growth. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Financial crisis; Public debt; Budget deficit

PL

Kryzys finansowy; Dług publiczny; Deficyt budżetowy

• Czasopismo: Central European Review of Economics & Finance
• Rocznik: 2021
• Numer: Vol. 33, No 2
• Strony: 55--66

Twórcy

autor

Katarzyna Kalinowska

• Kazimierz Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Poland

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.24136/ceref.2021.007