Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank-based financial system of Germany. So far, they have been mainly described by the notion of an housebank and transactional features of long-term bank-customer relationships. The...

Tax and benefit reform in Central and Eastern Europe / David M.G. Newbery -- Tax and benefit reform in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Christopher Heady and Stephen Smith -- Redistributive policy in a transition economy: the case of Hungary / Sarah Jarvis and Stephen Pudney -- The taxation of...

Unter dem Eindruck der Vereinigung Deutschlands und des Umbruchs in Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa behandelt der Sammelband die europäische Gemeinschaft und den Prozeß der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Öffnung nach Osteuropa. Der Wandel der Staatsordnung in Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa im...