Economic policy preferences in the Eurozone's periphery during the great recession

What is it about?

How did the public opinion respond to the economic crisis in the periphery of the Eurozone? To what extent did the crisis experience make the public opposed to the Euro, or to austerity policies? It uses an original dataset on public opinion preferences and a business survey to shed light on these questions.

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Why is it important?

The articles' results advances one potential explanation for why, even in the face of harsh economic circumstances and unpopular policy choices, austerity and euro membership have remained relatively hegemonic and politically uncontested during the Eurozone crisis