This paper examines the transition process within Eastern Europe and the integration process with the EU and shows that the requirements for the transition towards a market economy overlap with the requirements for EU accession. Furthermore, the economic situation of the candidate countries is...

Vom Staat ausgelöste Umverteilungen zwischen Generationen sind ein vieldiskutiertes Problem in der Ökonomik. Ein Schwerpunkt des Interesses richtet sich auf die durch staatliche Verschuldungspolitik verursachte Lastverschiebung in die Zukunft. Welche Belastungen zukünftiger Generationen durch...

Economic policy interventions of a scale as effected in eastern Germany can be expected to have a significant impact on the economy, which may be in accordance with the objectives of the policy measures or manifest itself in distortions of several kinds. This paper analyzes the structural...