This paper assesses whether the economy of East Germany is catching up with the West German region in terms of welfare. While the primary measure for convergence and catching up is per capita output, we also look at other macroeconomic indicators such as unemployment rates, wage rates, and...

At the start of the German unification process it was a commonly held view that east German living conditions will converge to west Geman levels within a few years. This view was not only held by notoriously optimistic politicians but also by a great many of professional economists. With...

Abstract AbstractHintergrund der Studie sind neue und schwierige Spannungsfelder, mit denen sich regionale Tageszeitungen im Kontext digitaler Medienkanäle konfrontiert sehen. Medienkonvergenz ist hier ein Lösungsweg, um die ökonomische und gesellschaftliche Krise mit steigenden Reichweiten-...