Resolving the European debt crisis / [edited by] William R. Cline and Guntram Wolff.

Papers presented at a conference held at a conference center near Paris, on Sept. 13-14, 2011.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview / William R. Cline, Guntram Wolff -- Political economic environments. Greece in the Euro area : odd man out, or precursor of things to come / Loukas Tsoukalis -- Political-economic context in Ireland / Alan Ahearne -- Understanding Portugal in the context of the Euro crisis / Pedro Lourtie -- Italy and the Euro crisis / Riccardo Perissich -- Spain and the Euro area sovereign debt crisis / Guillermo de la Dehesa -- France, the state, and globalization / Zaki Laïdi -- Political economy of Germany in the sovereign debt crisis / Daniela Schwarzer -- Lessons from past debt crises. How to do a sovereign debt restructuring in the Euro area : lessons from emerging-market debt crisis / Jeromin Zettelmeyer -- Sovereign debt restructuring : the legal context / Lee Buchheit -- Pros and cons of alternative policy options. Alternative strategies for resolving the European debt crisis / William R. Cline -- Euro area crisis : policy options ahead / Guntram B. Wolff -- Comments on policy strategies / Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Rodrigo de Rato -- Does the Euro have a future? / George Soros -- Policy simulation game. Simulation exercise : a real time economic and political stress test / Steven R. Weisman, Silvia B. Merler.