Diesem Band liegt eine Weiterbildungsveranstaltung der Deutschen Statistischen Gesellschaft zugrunde, die von der Projektgruppe "Das Sozio-oekonomische Panel" (SOEP) (DIW Berlin) und dem Institut für Statistik und Mathematik der Universität Frankfurt am Main geplant und durchgeführt wurde....

CEE countries such as Poland started to experience a very high rate of financial development within a few years after emerging from socialism. A review of the literature suggests that this asymmetric development should have been most beneficial for those industry sectors most dependent on...

This paper studies a particular aspect of the choice of exchange rate regime by EU candidate countries in the run-up to membership of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The fact that these countries have adopted various exchange rate systems reflects a divergence of opinion on the...