The individual lectures

1.The Euro Crisis and Economic Growth
(19 Mar / Muysken)
After the financial crisis in 2008 economic growth in the Euro area stagnated. While economic growth in Asia remained relatively high during the crisis and thereafter, and the US has recovered, economic growth in the Euro area remains low. Moreover, the growth of the Dutch economy is lagging behind in an almost dramatic way. 
In this lecture these phenomena are analysed in more detail and possible causes are discussed. Interesting questions are to what extent the following factors play a role in the poor performance of the Euro Area:
- Market rigidities (for instance the labour markets, or the financial markets)
- Austerity measures (untimely and excessive reductions of budget deficits)
- Lack of policy coordination (between fiscal policies of the member states, or between their regulatory policies – for instance, the banking regulations)

2.The Euro Crisis in a Global Perspective
(26 Mar / Verspagen)

3.Flipping a Coin: a single Banking Area in a single Currency Area? (9 Apr / Bos)
For economists, the feasibility of a single currency depends on the existence of an optimum currency area. In this talk, we ask whether there is also such a thing as an optimum banking area. How can we define that area? Does the EU constitute an optimum banking area? And what are the costs and the benefits of establishing a single banking market if the EU is not an optimum banking area?

4.The Euro Crisis and its Effect on Pension Funds (16 Apr / Bams)

5.The Euro Crisis and the Real Estate Sector
(23 Apr / Eichholtz)