Kloß, Michael; Lehmann, Robert; Ragnitz, Joachim; … - 2012
. Classifying Eastern German regions by means of actual figures, however, would overestimate Eastern Germany's economic strength as …, Eastern Germany will reach a convergence level of 80 % in comparison to the EU-27 average. Hence, the states of Eastern … Germany will not qualify for the maximum of structural funds, if the thresholds for EU-transfers remain the same. …