This paper exploits the division of Germany after the Second World War and the reunification of East and West Germany … with a standard new economic geography model, we find that following division cities in West Germany that were close to the … new border between East and West Germany experienced a substantial decline in population growth relative to other West …

line with intuition. West Germany benefitted from unification by experiencing higher output and employment and so did major …

Deutschland ist reich, aber die gängigen Erklärungen sind falsch. So soll Ludwig Erhard der "Vater" des … die Reichen. Auch die permanenten Exportüberschüsse haben Deutschland nicht voran gebracht, sondern geschadet. Umgekehrt … stichhaltig den Mythos, das reiche Exportland Deutschland sei ein soziales Musterexemplar und könne auch ohne Europa auf eigenen …

This paper investigates the causes of western Germany's remarkably poor performance since 1992. The paper challenges … sustainability and Germany's fiscal and monetary policies are assessed both in the light of economic theory and in comparison to the … best practices of other more successful countries. The analysis concludes that Germany?s dismal record of the nineties must …