Collective Memories on the 2010 European Debt Crisis

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We examine whether collective memories on the aid&reform programs chosen to handle the 2010 European debt crisis differ between citizens from borrower and lender countries. We use new international survey data for non-experts and experts in member countries of the euro area. The results show that non-experts from borrower and lender countries remember aspects of the programs in different manners; indicating biases for assessments of how the crisis outcomes are perceived in borrower and lender countries. Nation-serving biases may well explain if the European debt crisis has reduced the sense of belonging rather than bringing European citizens closer together.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 8825

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Financial Aspects of Economic Integration ; International Institutional Arrangements ; Crisis Management ; International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
• Subject: collective memories ; European debt crisis ; nation-serving biases ; aid&reform programmes ; experts

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Arnemann, Laura ; Konrad, Kai A. ; Potrafke, Niklas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/232422
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET