Current trends – Despite higher productivity growth in East Germany – net distance to West Germany on per-capita-level did not fall
Udo Ludwig
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 10,
1997
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IWH Construction Industry Survey1997 ; Documentation of main results
Brigitte Loose
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 63,
1997
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IWH Industry Survey1997 ; Documentation of main results
Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch, Doris Gladisch, Ingrid Haschke, Bärbel Laschke, Udo Ludwig, Christian Schumacher
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 64,
1997
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The Economics of Growth and Convergence in East Germany: Resurrected from the Ruins and Facing the Future
Ulrich Blum, Leonard Dudley
Research Bulletin of the Central Statistical Office and the Polish Academy of Sciences,
1997
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What can a town achieve today? Integration, urban regimes, and the acceptance of models
Peter Franz
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 56,
1997
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Since 1990, the date of German reunification, urban development and especially the recovery of inner cities in East Germany has been delayed by several factors including real estate restitution claims, inflexible preservation codes for historic buildings, and the shortage of stores for retailers. This blockade situation has resulted in the quick and intensified development of shopping centres as „inner city substitutes“ on the urban periphery. The combined effect of the factors preventing revitalisation strategies and the newly realised and practised potential for autonomous action by the authorities of smaller municipalities was a severe restriction for the governing capacities of the authorities of the larger cities. in regaining their governance capability city governments are dependent on urban groups joining and supporting public developmental strategies. In accordance with Stone (1993) and Stoker and Mossberger (1994) urban groups active in urban development policy can be described as urban regimes. In Germany three types of regimes can be differentiated. The cities differ with respect to the political strength and the forms of coalition and conflict between different urban regimes. Specific conditions in East Germany have led to a special regime constellation with a powerful „conservation regime“ on the one hand and a vivid „globalisation regime“ on the other hand. This conflicting constellation results in a developmental blockade. The hypothesis is that a third regime type, the „local alliance“, is missing and still has to be created by practices such as city marketing and city management. Only when this regime building process has advanced will new constellations of political coalitions and compromise become possible and be able to reduce governance problems of city government in the long run.
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Causes of the growing wage-income gap in the USA: Current aspects in research and the political discussion
Peter Franz
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 65,
1997
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Data sets from OECD countries and especially the US indicate growing inequalities in income and thus stimulate research with respect to this topic. In this paper the basic arguments and results of several studies with an economic and a sociological background are compared and discussed. It concentrates a) on the theory of Kuznets and its modifications, b) on the “technology vs. trade” controversy, and c) on panel studies which allow an analysis of income mobility. Finally the research questions are dealt with if Germany will show similar degrees of income inequality as in the US in the years to come and if the two countries differ in their political tolerance towards income inequality.
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Vom Überwachungsstaat in die Beliebigkeit der Konsumgesellschaft? Transformationsprobleme sozialer Kontrolle im Prozeß der deutschen Vereinigung
Peter Franz
Soziale Probleme, 6. Jg., H. 2,
1997
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Price Adjustments in Eastern Germany after the Currency Union
Udo Ludwig
Conference on Meeting the Convergence Criteria of EMU: Problems of Countries in Transition,
1997
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Greed and Grief in East Germany - the Socialist System’s Crisis, Collapse and Transformation
Ulrich Blum
Beihefte zur Konjunkturpolitik 45 (Applied Economics Quarterly),
1997
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Entwicklungstendenzen von Handels- und Dienstleistungsstandorten im Großraum Halle-Leipzig
Peter Franz
Grundstücksmarkt und Grundstückswert,
1997
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