The economics of German unification : [annual congress of the Eastern economic association held in april 1991 in Pittsburgh

This collection examines the most crucial issues in the economic integration of Germany. The contributors discuss how the unification treaty was achieved and its implications for the key sectors such as agriculture and services. They examine issues which are part of the unification process--how unification is being financed and the process of monetary unification. They consider the global dimension both in monetary terms and in regard to international trade flows. One chapter is devoted to the relationship between wages, productivity and employment, a crucial question as enterprises in the East struggle to compete with the most efficient manufacturing sector in Europe. Negotiating The Unification Of Germany : International Dimensions / Manfred Knapp -- The Transformation Of Economic Systems : The German Example / Egon Tuchtfeldt -- German-german Monetary Union : Main Options, Costs And Repercussions / Rolf Hasse -- Wages, Productivity And Employment In Eastern Germany / Klaus-dieter Schmidt And Birgit Sander -- Taxes And Transfers : Financing German Unification / Michael Hüther And Hans-georg Petersen -- The Social Aspects Of German Reunification / Detlef Landua -- German Unification And The European Community : Trade Aspects / A. Ghanie Ghaussy -- German Unification And The External Value Of The Deutschmark / Wolf Schäfer -- Energy Policy In Eastern Germany / Helmut Gröner -- Transport Policy In Eastern Germany / Herbert Baum -- The Services Sector In Eastern Germany : An Engine For Growth And Employment? / Otto G. Mayer And Michael Krakowski. Agricultural Sector In Eastern Germany / Günther Schmitt -- Ecological Transformation In Eastern Germany / Klaus Zimmermann -- Security After German Unification : Theoretical Analysis And Economic Consequences / Dieter Fritz-assmus. Edited By A. Ghanie Ghaussy And Wolf Schäfer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Figures......Page 8 Tables......Page 9 Contributors......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 NEGOTIATING THE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY: INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS......Page 16 THE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: THE GERMAN EXAMPLE......Page 33 GERMAN-GERMAN MONETARY UNION: MAIN OPTIONS, COSTS AND REPERCUSSIONS......Page 41 WAGES, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT IN EASTERN GERMANY......Page 75 TAXES AND TRANSFERS: FINANCING GERMAN UNIFICATION......Page 88 THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF GERMAN REUNIFICATION......Page 107 GERMAN UNIFICATION AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: TRADE ASPECTS......Page 125 GERMAN UNIFICATION AND THE EXTERNAL VALUE OF THE DEUTSCHMARK......Page 138 ENERGY POLICY IN EASTERN GERMANY......Page 149 TRANSPORT POLICY IN EASTERN GERMANY......Page 170 THE SERVICES SECTOR IN EASTERN GERMANY: AN ENGINE FOR GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT?......Page 192 AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN EASTERN GERMANY......Page 205 ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION IN EASTERN GERMANY......Page 221 SECURITY AFTER GERMAN UNIFICATION: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES......Page 249 Index......Page 262 The economic integration of Germany has proven to be a massive undertaking. The economies of East and West Germany had vastly different sectorial structures and were at different levels of development. The process of integration continues to be characterized by tremendous structural change, and has enormous implications for the global economy and the European Community in particular. This book examines the issues in this transformation process. Contributors discuss how the unification treaty was achieved, and its implications for the key sectors such as agriculture and services. They also examine issues such as how unification is being financed and the process of monetary unification. The global dimension is considered both in monetary terms and in regard to international trade flows. Also explored are the relationship between wages, productivity and employment German unification is proving much more difficult than was originally envisaged. The integration of two national economies with different economic orders, different sectoral structures and divergent levels of development seems set to take a long time. This timely examination of the major issues involved emphasises the impact of unification on different sectors of the economy and their likely consequences. This timely examination of the major issues in German unification emphasises its impact on different sectors of the economy and their likely consequences.