the competences to shape the key policies. Thus, Germany forgoes the benefits of institutional competition, that would …Development of economic growth and employment in Germany are sluggish. An inadequate federal system and restricted … institutional competition are some of the main shortcomings and reasons for this negative development. The German Länder don't have …

The current system set up to boost the economy in eastern Germany turns out to be expensive and little efficient: There … the poor economic performance should let the east German laender out of Germany's rigid institutional framework. This … would enable the east German laender to remove investment obstacles. As locational competition becomes harder, they could …

Germany has experienced tremendous growth rates in the aftermath of World War II. Since the early 1970s, growth rates … capital accumulation in Germany severely lags behind the average level of the developed countries. As this may explain the … moderate position of Germany in the group of the 25 richest countries, the developed countries in turn experience a period of …