Banking in Transition East Germany after Unification

The book asks whether transplanting banks can solve the problems involved in creating a well-functioning market economy from outside, looking especially at the virtually complete takeover of East German banks by their Western counterparts after unification. Drawing on a wide range of English and Ger...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robins, Gregg S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2000, 2000
Series:Studies in Economic Transition
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The book asks whether transplanting banks can solve the problems involved in creating a well-functioning market economy from outside, looking especially at the virtually complete takeover of East German banks by their Western counterparts after unification. Drawing on a wide range of English and German sources, and fieldwork interviews across Germany, it argues that there are no quick fix solutions to transition to a market. Implications are discussed for East Germany and for other previously centrally planned economies, and the global implications of foreign ownership in banking are considered
Physical Description:XXII, 287 p online resource
ISBN:9780230286634