Format:
1 online resource (620 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415379755
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9780203196397
Content:
With Germany clearly the dominant economic force in Europe, this book constitutes the only comprehensive account of the contemporary German economy currently available in English
Note:
Front Cover -- The German Economy -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. The German Economy in Perspective -- Introduction -- Unity and frontiers -- Longer-run economic trends -- Post-Second World War cycles -- The actors -- West Germany and market forms -- East Germany and the command economy -- The economics of unification -- The SME, GEMSU and EMU -- Conclusions -- 2. The Regional Dimension -- Introduction -- Economic geography and regional development -- Eastern Germany: the north-south divide -- Western Germany: the north-south divide -- Berlin -- The Ruhr and North Rhine-Westphalia -- Infrastructure, trade and environmental pollution -- The significance of federalism and the fiscal constitution -- Federalism and legislative competence -- Fiscal equalisation and legislative competence -- Fiscal equalisation: the distribution of revenue -- The framework of fiscal equalisation -- The post-war evolution of regional policy -- Regional policy: the European dimension -- The effects of unification -- Concluding remarks: regional investment programmes in Germany -- 3. Fiscal Policy -- Introduction -- Reforming the structure of taxation -- The incidence of taxation -- The allocation of tax revenue -- Budgetary policy -- Conclusion: unification and fiscal policy -- 4. Monetary Policy -- Introduction -- Decision making, goals and instruments -- The markets -- The trends in key monetary indicators -- Monetary aspects of the balance of payments -- The currency reforms of 1948 and 1990 -- The course of monetary policy -- Conclusion -- 5. Social Policy -- Introduction -- The evolution of social policy -- The structure of social policy -- Retirement-pension insurance: the general principles -- The organisation and finance of retirement-pension insurance -- Retirement-pension insurance problems
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Statutory-health insurance: the general principles -- The organisation and finance of health insurance -- Health-insurance problems -- Employment promotion (unemployment insurance) -- Problems of the unemployment-insurance system -- Accident-insurance scheme -- Provision of social security and social welfare -- Social policy and unification -- The social budget after unification -- Retirement-pension insurance -- Health insurance -- Unemployment -- Accident insurance -- Social security and social welfare -- Conclusion -- 6. The Labour Market -- Introduction -- Labour market trends -- Migration -- Training -- The growth of collective bargaining -- The structure of trade unions -- Trade union policy -- Developments in industrial democracy -- Conclusion: labour market problems -- 7. Banking and Finance -- Introduction -- Basic structural features -- The private-sector commercial banks -- Private bankers -- The cooperative banks -- The BfG Bank, Allfinanz and insurance -- The public sector: Sparkassen and Landesbanken -- Special-purpose banks -- Prudential arrangements and their revision -- Corporate finance -- Deregulation and Finanzplatz Deutschland -- Housing finance and bond issues -- Some general aspects of banking -- Conclusion -- 8. Industry, Trade and Economic Policy -- Introduction -- Industrial structure -- Corporate ownership and control -- Anti-trust policy: the legal framework -- Anti-trust policy: the operation of the GWB -- Factors conducive to growth and concentration -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Privatisation, deregulation and subsidies -- The public sector -- Privatisation: the major issues -- Privatisation in West Germany -- The second privatisation decade -- Privatisation in East Germany -- The Treuhandanstalt -- Stages in the privatisation process -- Methods of privatisation -- Difficulties during the privatisation process
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The extent of privatisation -- Privatisation and reorganisation -- Deregulation -- Subsidies -- West German companies and the world economy -- Phases in the development of trade -- Standort Deutschland -- Strategic trade, competition and industrial policies -- Conclusion: retrospect and prospect -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Owen-Smith, E. The German Economy Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c1994 ISBN 9780415379755
Language:
English
Keywords:
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