Industry sketch: East German food processing industry
Siegfried Beer
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 7,
1999
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Das Ernährungsgewerbe hat sich schneller als die meisten Industriebranchen von den Schocks erholt, die durch die Einführung der Marktwirtschaft in Ostdeutschland ausgelöst worden sind. Umfangreiche Investitionen führten zum Ausbau und zur Modernisierung der Kapazitäten. Weitere angebotsfördernde Einflüsse und die relativ hohe Nachfrage aus der Einkommensentwicklung der privaten Haushalte bewirkten überdurchschnittliche Wachstumsraten bei Produktion und Absatz. Das Ernährungsgewerbe hat sich so zum produktions- und umsatzstärksten Industriezweig in den neuen Ländern entwickelt.
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Current trends - East German economy between expansion and shrinking processes
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 3,
1999
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The role of real exchange rates in the Central European transformation
Lucjan T. Orlowski
Forschungsreihe,
No. 1,
1998
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The study eamines the interactions between real exchange rates, current accounts and capital account balances in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The empirical investigation leads to a strong endorsement of more flexible exchange rates in the present stage of the economic transformation process of the former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Exchange rate flexibility allows more independent monetary policies that focus on financing structural adjustments and institutional changes in transition economies. However, the integration process with the European Union and more remote considerations of possible accession to the European Monetary Union will require a gradual move to fixed exchange rates and to an exchangerate-based monetary policy.
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Current trends - Coexistence of growth and shrinking processes in East German economy continue in 1998
Udo Ludwig
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 1,
1998
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IWH Construction Industry Survey: East German construction industry – Shrinking processes continue in 1998
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 16,
1997
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Paper and cardboard processing industry in East Germany on growth path
Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
1997
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Der Beitrag untersucht die Entwicklung von Produktion, Beschäftigung, Tarif- und Effektiv-löhnen im papier- und pappeverarbeitenden Gewerbe Ostdeutschlands. Die westdeutsche Branche wird dabei als Vergleichsmaßstab herangezogen. Trotz der rasanten Tariflohnanpassung unterschreiten die Lohnstückkosten in dieser Branche seit 1995 den westdeutschen Referenzwert. Damit gehört das papier- und pappeverarbeitende Gewerbe zu den wenigen Branchen in Ostdeutschland, die eine geringere Lohnkostenbelastung als die entsprechenden Wirt-schaftszweige in Westdeutschland haben. Im Jahr 1995 wurde die Talsohle der Beschäftigung durchschritten.
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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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Promotion loan demand for environmental investments considering prudential process-integrated prevention technology
Walter Komar
Forschungsreihe,
No. 1,
1997
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From Correlation to Distributed Contiguities: A Family of AR-C-D Processes
Ulrich Blum, D. Bolduc, Marc Gaudry
Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft,
1996
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Current trends - Central and Eastern Europe: Two pictures of the transformation process
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 9,
1995
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