The Single European Financial Market: Euro-Zone Debt Crises and Its Regulations | Chapter 01 | Emerging Issues and Development in Economics and Trade Vol. 1
The intent of this work is to present
the single European financial market and discuss the pros and cons of its
integration in the European Union, the Euro-zone debt crises, its strict
regulations (austerities), and its effect on the member-nations’ economies,
financial institutions, financial markets, employment, national wealth, and
social welfare. An efficient (uncorrupted) financial market might increase
return, reduce risk, improve investment, production, and liquidity in the
economy, but at the same time, inefficient monetary policies can cause bubbles,
unemployment, dependency on foreign capital and multinational firms, and the
worst of all the investors lose their wealth and the social welfare is
declining. Governments have to increase regulations and improve efficiency of
the financial market. Financial markets and institutions (investment banks)
have proved recently, with the latest financial (debt) crisis, which has been
created by the uncontrolled private institutions that they cannot improve
stability and certainty. The financial market is a source of long term capital,
but banks can provide similar and less risky services. The European integration
with its dubious Maastricht criteria and the common currency, among different
nations, have created an enormous social cost to the member-nations and their
benefits are too small to cover it; especially, the loss of public policy
(fiscal, monetary, and trade), the forced privatizations, the Troika’s
austerities for the members and the destruction of the sovereign nations are
irreplaceable. The optimal level of integration of the European financial markets
and the prevention of its crises are the ones that can maximize the social
welfare of the member-nations.
Author(s) Details
Dr. Ioannis N. Kallianiotis
Department of Economics and
Finance, The Arthur J. Kania School of Management, University of Scranton,
Scranton, PA 18510-4602, USA.
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