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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2000, 2000
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Series: | Studies in Economic Transition
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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 |
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Physical Description: | XXII, 287 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9780230286634 |