Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850

Threshold Effects and Regional Economic Growth – Evidence from West Germany

We study an overlapping generations model of human capital accumulation with threshold effects using regional data for West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on what makes German regions grow. The paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a trimodal distribution. Thus, application of the threshold model to a real world case, here West Germany, shows...

Economic Transition in Eastern Germany

ONLY A FEW months after the Berlin Wall came down in the fall of 1989, the West German government decided that it should establish a currency union with East Germany. I Shortly thereafter, the West and East German governments agreed to economic, monetary, and social union. By July 1991, the State Treaty, which formalized the union, came into force; by October, the German Democratic Republic cea...

The economic impact of smoking in Germany.

Smoking is a high-risk behaviour affecting health and economic welfare of society. Thus it is important to quantify the economic burden smoking places on social institutions in Germany. Approximately 33.4% of the male and 20.4% of the female population are current smokers. This study investigates the health care costs of smoking based on 1996 figures, focusing on the seven most frequent disease...

The current economic situation in Germany - Overview

Economic Freedom, Economic Growth And Governments Tax Revenue In (MENA)