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Decades of Tight Fiscal Policy Have Left the Health Care System in Italy Ill-Prepared to Fight the COVID-19 Outbreak

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Although austerity was particularly strong in the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2008 and its consequences in the euro area, Italian fiscal policies have been characterised by tough consolidation periods ever since the 1990s.

Source: Intereconomics

DOI: 10.1007/s10272-020-0886-0

Authors: Franz J. Prante, Alessandro Bramucci, Achim Truger

Institutions: Berlin School of Economics and Law, University of Duisburg-Essen

Language: English

Topic: Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid:

Funder: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

OpenAlex ID: W3022868202

FWCI: 7.596

Cites: 5

Cited by: 53

Related to: 10