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East Germany Today: Successes and Failures

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  • Joachim Ragnitz, 2009. "East Germany Today: Successes and Failures," ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 7(04), pages 51-58, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifodic:v:7:y:2009:i:04:p:51-58
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    1. George A. Akerlof & Andrew K. Rose & Janet L. Yellen & Helga Hessenius, 1991. "East Germany in from the Cold: The Economic Aftermath of Currency Union," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 22(1), pages 1-106.
    2. Berthold, Norbert & Kullas, Matthias, 2009. "20 Jahre Mauerfall: Konvergenz in Deutschland?," Discussion Paper Series 105, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Chair of Economic Order and Social Policy.
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    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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