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Title German unification and the international economy / edited by Bernhard Heitger and Leonard Waverman.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 294 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Centre for International Studies World Economy
Centre for International Studies World Economy.
Note "Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Part I Developments in Eastern Europe; 1 The economics of German unification; EAST GERMANY'S PEACEFUL REVOLUTION; THE EAST GERMAN ECONOMY; Economic structure; ECONOMIC REFORM PLANS FOR EAST GERMANY; East German reform plans; West German concepts for economic reform in East Germany; Alternative exchange-rate solutions; CHANCELLOR KOHL'S PROPOSAL OF A MONETARY UNION WITH EAST GERMANY; THE STATE TREATY; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF GERMAN UNIFICATION; Effects on the conversion rates chosen.
Effect on private investment in East GermanyThe fiscal cost of unification; International repercussions; NOTES; REFERENCES; 2 Recent developments of world savings and investment; LONG-TERM OVERALL DEVELOPMENTS; RECENT TRENDS IN SPECIFIC AREAS; OECD, United States, Japan; European Community, West and united Germany; Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union; Developing countries; SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; NOTE; REFERENCES; 3 Causes and consequences of the expected shift in the savings-investment balance in Europe: the case of German unification; INTRODUCTION.
SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT IN THE RECENT PAST: SOME FACTSSAVINGS AND INVESTMENT IN EUROPE: EXPECTED FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; The German unification; Eastern Europe; Completion of the EC internal market by 1992; Summary; INVESTMENT SHIFTS AND INTERNATIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE: THEORY; The traditional two-country model; Mundell; Mussa; Frenkel and Razin; Genberg and Swoboda; Conclusions; Exchange-rate union models; AN EXCHANGE-RATE UNION MODEL WITH SUPPLY-SIDE EFFECTS; The framework; The assumptions; The equations; Parameter change: a rising labour supply; Short-run solutions; Long-run solutions.
ExtensionsGERMAN UNIFICATION AND INTERNATIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE: EMPIRICAL RESULTS; Alexander and Gagnon; OECD; OUTLOOK; NOTES; REFERENCES; 4 Comparative economic growth: East and West; ECONOMIC GROWTH SINCE 1950; CAUSES OF THE GROWTH SLOWDOWN IN THE EAST; ECONOMIC GROWTH UNDER TWO SYSTEMS: AN EMPIRICAL TEST; GROWTH PERSPECTIVES IN THE CASE OF SYSTEMATIC CHANGE; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; 5 Structural change in Eastern Europe; THE STARTING SITUATION; HYPOTHESES, METHODS AND DATA; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN EASTERN EUROPE; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES.
6 Eastern Europe and the EC-trade relations and trade policy with regard to industrial productsINTRODUCTION; CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADE BETWEEN THE EC AND EASTERN EUROPE; REMOVING THE DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF IMPORTS FROM EASTERN EUROPE; THE IMPACT OF TRADE BARRIERS ON EAST EUROPEAN SUPPLIES; COMPETITION FROM EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; Part II Spillovers; 7 Global investment and saving flows: some marcroeconomic scenarios*; INTRODUCTION; THE GLOBAL MACROECONOMICS OF FINANCIAL TRANSFERS; Some basic theory; The dynamics of transfers to the East; EMPIRICAL RESULTS.
Summary First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Subject Unification of Germany (Germany : 1990)
Economic forecasting -- Germany.
Economic forecasting.
Germany.
Economic forecasting -- Europe, Eastern.
Eastern Europe.
Economic forecasting -- North America.
North America.
Economic forecasting -- Developing countries.
Developing countries.
Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1990-
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 1990-
Subject Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990 -- Economic aspects.
Chronological Term Since 1990
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Heitger, Bernhard.
Waverman, Leonard.
Other Form: Print version: German unification and the international economy. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993 (DLC) 92018169
ISBN 0203982622 (electronic book)
9780203982624 (electronic book)
0415082161