Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden umfassenden Potenzialanalyse belegen, daß die Unternehmen in der Region Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien aufgrund der kleinteiligen Wirtschaftsstruktur nur über schwach ausgeprägte Innovationspotenziale verfügen. Hinzu kommt, daß mit Ausnahme der FuE-Potenziale an...

Intro -- Map and Time Zones -- At a Glance (2002) -- Basic Information -- Geography -- Politics -- Political Structure -- Political Parties -- Economy -- Background -- Current Trends -- Regional Differences -- Investment and Trade -- E-Commerce -- Preparing to Leave -- Scheduling -- Visas and...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: The Embedded Politics of Institutional Change in Postcommunism -- 2. Institutional Experiments and the Emergence of Industrial Networks in Communist Czechoslovakia -- 3. State Designs for Defining...

Intro -- Contents -- Title -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1. Administrative Structure -- 2. Expenditure Responsibilities -- 3. Revenue Assignments -- 4. Fiscal Imbalances and the System of Transfers -- 5. Access to Borrowing by...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Part 1 Unparalleled Power -- Terminal -- The Race for the Ultimate Weapon -- Uranium Monopoly and the Division of Europe -- The Erzgebirge and the Soviet Uranium Gap -- Notes -- Part 2 The Erzgebirge Region -- The Silver Mines and...

The former transition countries of Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe (CESE) inherited defined benefit public pension systems financed on a pay-as-you-go basis. Under central planning, these systems exhibited fiscal strains which worsened during the early years of the transition and became...

The transition process from a centrally planned to a market economy followed a very different path in East Germany compared to all other former communist countries. The German Democratic Republic acceded the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990, while other former socialist countries in Central...

We develop a method for estimation of price reactions using unit value data which exploits the implicit links between quantity and unit value choices. This allows us to combine appealing Engel curve specifications with a model of unit value determination in a way which is consistent with demand...