Business cycle in Germany: Bottom phase almost completed
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 10,
2001
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Der Aufsatz analysiert und prognostiziert die konjunkturelle Entwicklung in Deutschland und im Euroraum in ausführlicher Form für das laufende Jahr 2001 und das Folgejahr 2002. Aufgrund des ungünstigen weltwirtschaftlichen Umfeldes sowie der unerwartet starken Teuerung befindet sich die Konjunktur in Deutschland im Jahr 2001 im Abschwung, bevor es im Jahr 2002 zu einer Beschleunigung des Wachstums kommen wird. Bei wieder rückläufiger Teuerung wird sich im weiteren Verlauf dieses Jahres Spielraum für eine geldpolitische Lockerung ergeben, was jedoch eine moderate Tarifpolitik voraussetzt. Aufgrund der konjunkturell bedingten Mindereinnahmen und höheren Ausgaben wird das Haushaltsdefizit vorübergehend größer ausfallen als im Stabilitätsprogramm vorgesehen, was jedoch hingenommen werden sollte, um die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung nicht weiter zu schwächen. Die wichtigsten Daten der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung für Deutschland sind in einer detaillierten Anhangstabelle enthalten.
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The economic situation and development in the East German construction industry – a company specific empirical analysis based on the IWH Construction Industry Surveys and the IAB company panel
Brigitte Loose
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 136,
2001
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Korean unification and banking system - An analysis in view of German experiences and Korean differences
Ralf Müller
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 139,
2001
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One of the reforms that have to be launched in a future unification process in Korea, which seems possible after the political negotiations last year, is the transformation of the North Korean banking system. The question arises whether Korea could profit from the German experience where banking transformation was one of the rather few success stories in unification. In 1990 the East German banking transformation was achieved relatively fast and uncomplicated due to considerable direct investments of the West German banks compounded with state guarantees for bad loans resulting from the credit business with existing GDR-corporations. Unfortunately, South Korea currently lacks some major prerequesites that contributed to the German banking unification, among them – and probably the most important one – is the lack of a sound and efficient banking
system that could become active in the North. Consequently, depending on the circumstances of a future Korean unification either a more gradual process is recommended or, if inner-Korean migration requires a more dynamic transition, considerable investment by foreign banks and assistance from international organisations is recommended.
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Social Security, Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Efficiency: The Case of the Two Systems of Public Assistance for the Unemployed in Germany
Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Ethics and Social Security Reform. International Studies on Social Security,
2001
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The SNUS 2.5 Model for Germany
Ulrich Blum, Marc Gaudry
Structural Road Accident Models: The International DRAG Family,
2001
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Wage Dynamics in Germany
Jürgen Wiemers
External Publications,
2001
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The Export Orientation of East German Manufacturing Industry in the Process of Economic Transformation: Evidence from Company Panel Data
Udo Ludwig, Brigitte Loose
Economics of Transformation – Theory, Experiences and EU-Enlargemnet. INFER Annual Conference 2001,
2001
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The Effect of a Reduction in Working Hours on Employment: Empirical Evidence for West-Germany
Christian Dreger, Olaf Fuchs, Jürgen Kolb
Journal of Economics (MVEA),
2001
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Regional Disparities in Transition Economies: a Typology for East Germany and Poland
Franz Barjak
Post-Communist Economies,
2001
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Industry Surveys 2000: Documentation of main results
Bärbel Laschke, Udo Ludwig
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 140,
2001
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