This discussion paper deals with the reconstruction of transportation and telecommunication infrastructures in Eastern Germany and especially Saxony after the 1990 unification. Following a representation of investment measures and their influence on capital stocks in transportation...

In this paper, the chances of Saxony's capital city Dresden to become Eastern Germany's first high-tech-region is discussed. A presentation of the theoretical background of innovative milieux is followed by an overview of the region's universities, R&D institutes and other facilities relevant...