Essay Questions(Answer all Questions)
a) Briefly explain how Ball (2014) quantifies long-term damage from the Great Recession.
Choose two countries included in Ball’s study for which he documented contrasting experiences.

b) Looking first at the worst affected country that you have chosen, describe any two key economicmechanisms that appear to contribute to explaining the extent of the long-term damage thatcountry’s economy sustained and provide evidence to support your explanation.

c) Lastly Investigate the experience of the country you chose that was least affected. Suggest howthat country was able to avoid or reduce the long term damage its economy suffered from theGreat Recession.

2000 words (excluding the bibliography).
Initial References:
Ball, Laurence (2014) Long-term damage from the Great Recession in OECD countries, European
Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Vol. 11 No. 2, 2014, pp. 149–160.
(available from the University Library’s e-journal collection).
In seeking explanations you’ll find it useful to follow-up on some references cited in Ball, and/ormore recent papers that cite Ball. In seeking evidence it will be helpful to look at sources such asOECD Economic Outlook and IMF World Economic Outlook.