The paper is intended to explore the prospective direction of structural adjustment in eastern Germany in the light of recent developments. The authors do argue that the Mezzogiorno-picture, a completely de-industrialized region between the Elbe- and the Oder-river, is not convincing. In the...

Several studies have emphasized the links between trade reorientation and industrial restructuring in transition countries. In these studies trade has usually been considered as transactions among unrelated enterprises in different countries. However, an important and steadily growing share of...

In dem Aufsatz wird versucht, einen Zusammenhang zwischen dem derzeitigen strukturellen Wandel in der ostdeutschen Industrie und dem Grad der Handelbarkeit der dort produzierten Güter herauszuarbeiten. Dieser Idee liegt die These zugrunde, daß der Produktionseinbruch und der Preisverfall um so...