IWH Industry Survey November 2000
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 16,
2000
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Rising oil prices dampen upswing in Central and Eastern Europe
Axel Brüggemann
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 16,
2000
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The article analyzes and forecasts the economic development in the Central and Eastern European transition economies. Due to the oil price effect and subsequently slower growth in the euro area, growth in transition economies will experience a slight setback too. On the whole however, it will reamin strong both in 2001 and in 2002. Accompaning the decrease in economic growth, the risk for financial crises in the region has increased.
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Higher investment subsidies for East German border regions; little appropriate in preparation for the EU's enlargement to the East - A commentary
Gerhard Heimpold
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 16,
2000
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Ideas for the design of a Solidarity Pact II for the new Länder
Joachim Ragnitz
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 130,
2000
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Methodical limits of calculating productivity in the new Länder
Gerald Müller
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 129,
2000
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The „Arbeitskreis Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung der Länder“ now publishes figures concerning the value added in Germany. Formerly the Statistische Bundesamt had this assignment. Some corporations have plant locations in the new Länder as well as in the old Länder. The employed method for splitting-up the value added produce by these corporations might lead to an underestimation of the overall value added produced in the new Länder. However, an estimation using the firm panel of the IAB shows that the East German productivity gap for manufacturing is overestimated by maximally two percentage points. Still in sectors that are dominated by multi plant corporations this effect is stronger. All in all the East German productivity gab is overestimated by maximally three percentage points.
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Current trends – Business cycle in Euro area takes a temporary dip
Michael Seifert
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 9,
2001
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Does a deposit on beverage cans protect the environment? – A commentary
Steffen Hentrich
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 7,
2001
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Productivity gap of East German industry: A summarizing evaluation
Joachim Ragnitz
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 7,
2001
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Ten years after German unification labor productivity in the New Laender reaches only 70 per cent of West German levels. Further, in the second half of the 1990ies, convergence did not continue. Because productivity can be regarded as a key for wages, for competitiveness of firms and for future transfer payments, the reasons for low productivity in East Germany are of major importance. In this article, it is argued that the existing productivity gap reflects mainly structural differences between East and West Germany, that is the high share of small firms and the predominance of sectors with low value added per worker. Additionally, difficulties on product markets leading to insufficient selling prices are responsible for the comparative low productivity of East German firms. Differences in capital intensity or in human capital, however, do explain only a small part of the productivity gap.
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Current trends - Ireland - Model for future EU acceding countries?
Gerald Müller
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 7,
2001
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Surplus value and prices: Interest and profit! A contribution to the determination of production prices considering fixed capital
Jens Müller
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 147,
2001
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