A new discussion paper from an economist at the Bank of Finland has reviewed the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis of the past few years from a northern European perspective.

The paper: The euro crisis: a view from the North, first presented by its author Seppo Honkapohja at a Bank of Greece conference, 'The Crisis in the Euro Area', in Athens in late May this year, examines the aspects of the build-up of the crisis; the policies pursued during the crisis; and finally looks at "mechanisms that