This thesis analyzes the impact of different demografic scenarios on level and composition of private consumption in Germany. The analysis is based on the current household budget survey (Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe 1998) whose datas are adapted to the concepts of national accounting....

The study deals with the question whether external (foreign and West German) investors in East Germany induce technological spillover effects in favor of domestic firms. It ties in with a number of other econometric spillover studies, especially for transition economies, which show rather mixed...

The paper stresses the value of unit labour costs as an indicator of competitiveness. It is assumed that there are different advantages by using microeconomic data which additionally allow the use of panelregressive methods. The findings for East German enterprises in the manufacturing industry...

The import penetration of exports has become a topic of public debate, particularly in the context of Germany’s position as one of the world’s leading exporters. The growth in the volume of intermediate products purchased from abroad for subsequent processing into export goods in Germany...

In diesem Aufsatz wird die Exportorientierung der Betriebe des ostdeutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in einer erweiterten Fassung analysiert, die neben dem Ausland auch das frühere Bundesgebiet als Absatzmarkt einschließt. Ge­genstand der bivariaten und multivariaten Untersuchung sind die...

This paper deals with the presence of East German manufacturers in foreign product markets. The following questions are discussed: Which factories sell their products abroad? What influences the export activities? Hypotheses are built on the basis of different trade theories, such as the...

Data regarding the development of macroeconomic production and employment are essential for the political decision process. Especially timely available information is a critical issue. Reliable short run data are not reported for East Germany yet. Because of data limitations for the past...

Auch im Jahre 2003 ist es in den ostdeutschen Ländern nicht gelungen, die Vorgaben des Solidarpaktes einzuhalten, nach denen die vom Bund zur Verfügung gestellten Sonderbedarfs- Bundesergänzungszuweisungen für Investitionen bzw. zum Ausgleich der unterproportionalen kommunalen Finanzkraft zu...