Bleibt Ostdeutschland eine Old Economy? Eine Umfrage zur Einschätzung der Fachkräftesituation
Cornelia Lang, Ralf Müller
List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik,
2002
Abstract
Artikel Lesen
Macroeconomic Modelling of the German Economy in the Framework of Euroland
Rüdiger Pohl, Heinz P. Galler
Schriften des IWH,
Nr. 11,
2002
Abstract
An attempt to develop a new macroeconometric model for Germany is confronted with several questions that range from the general rationality of such an approach to specific problems of an appropriate model structure. One important aspect of this discussion is the introduction of the Euro as a common currency of the European monetary union. This institutional change may result in structural breaks due to changing behavior of economic agents. In addition, the definition of the spatial unit that is appropriate for modelling becomes a problem. Additional problems come from the introduction of the European Single Market and the increasing international economic integration not only within the European union but also beyond its borders. And in the case of Germany, the unification of the West and the East demand special attention. Last but not least, the harmonization of national accounting for the member states of the European Union has to be dealt with. Thus, the introduction of the Euro as a common currency is just one problem besides others that must be addressed.
Artikel Lesen
Innovativ und international – mit regionalem Personal: Ergebnisse einer Befragung von New Economy-Unternehmen in Sachsen und Thüringen
Cornelia Lang, Ralf Müller
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
Nr. 12,
2001
Abstract
Die befragten Unternehmen, die alle aus den Branchen Biotechnologie und Informationstechnologie stammen, sind in ihrer großen Mehrheit innovativ und auf überregionalen und internationalen Märkten tätig. Dabei stützen sie sich weitestgehend auf in der unmittelbaren Umgebung angeworbene Fachkräfte, deren Vorhandensein vor allem aus der modernen Wissenschaftsinfrastruktur der neuen Länder resultiert. Dem entsprechend sind die Unternehmen auch optimistisch, für geplantes Unternehmenswachstum genügend Personal zu finden. Die Green Card spielt dafür keine wesentliche Rolle.
Artikel Lesen
Lagging Productivity in the East German Economy: Obstacles to Fast Convergence
Joachim Ragnitz
Externe Publikationen,
2001
Abstract
Artikel Lesen
On the Incentives to Provide Fuel-Efficient Automobiles
Hans Degryse, Andreas Irmen
Journal of Economics,
Nr. 2,
2001
Abstract
We argue that the provision of more fuel-efficient cars necessitates specific aerodynamic shapes. We show that the presence of this technological constraint may reduce the incentives to provide fuel efficiency. In equilibrium, cars become more similar and aerodynamic as fuel prices increase. However, the provided level of fuel efficiency falls short of the social optimal one such that a fuel-economy standard is welfare-enhancing.
Artikel Lesen
Pension Reform in Hungaryie
Peter Gedeon
IWH-Sonderhefte,
Nr. 5,
2000
Abstract
In Hungary social policy reforms in general and the pension reform in particular followed the introduction of the institutions of market economy with a considerable time lag, if at all. Although it was clear from the outset that the communist welfare state could not be sustained, comprehensive institutional reforms in the pension or health care systems were not introduced in the first six years of the postsocialist transition. This uneasiness to reform the social security systems has to do with the contradicting constraints decision makers have to face in the process of systemic change.
Artikel Lesen
Financial crisis and problems yet to solve - conference proceedings
IWH-Sonderhefte,
Nr. 6,
2000
Abstract
Since the beginning of 1997, a currency and/or banking crisis broke out in several transition countries (Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine). In 1995, Hungary avoided a financial crisis by adjusting properly her macroeconomic policies. Financial markets in transition countries are still small. They gain, however, more and more importance for the entire economy. Part of the countries mentioned are candidates for EU membership. They have to show their ability to stabilize their exchange rates and financial sectors. The fact that overcoming the financial crisis in Asia and Latin America required international assistance (e.g. IMF) underlines the political importance of strategies of preventing such crises in the EU's immediate neighborhood.
Artikel Lesen
Blood, Sweat, Tears: Rise and Decline of the East German Economy, 1949 – 1988
Ulrich Blum, Leonard Dudley
Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie und Statistik – Journal of Economics and Statistics,
2000
Abstract
Artikel Lesen
Revenue Implications of Trade Liberalization
L. Ebrill, Reint E. Gropp, J. Stotsky
IMF Occasional Papers, No. 180,
Nr. 180,
1999
Abstract
In recent decades many countries have dismantled trade barriers and opened their economies to international competition. Trade liberalization is seen to promote economic efficiency, international competitiveness, and an expansion of trade, perhaps especially in imperfectly competitive markets. Yet despite this progress in trade liberalization, as evidenced by the conclusion of the Uruguay Round in 1994 and the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, trade barriers are still widespread. Some economies and some sectors (e.g., agriculture in many industrial countries) remain relatively insulated from the global economy by a variety of nontariff and tariff barriers, even as import substitution continues to lose ground as a strategy for economic development.
Artikel Lesen
Business Report: Economy picking up
Joachim Ragnitz
Externe Publikationen,
1999
Abstract
Artikel Lesen
