Despite or because? - Some lessons of German unification for EU enlargement

Ulrich Busch and Ulrich Busch

The former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt holds that despite the huge transfers from West to East Germany the East German economy does not take off as it was widely expected. We argue it is not despite these transfers but because of them. Building on the common features of the extension of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990 and the enlargement of the EU, we argue that the German unification experience holds some lessons to the benefit of both, the EU-15 and the accession countries. -- EU enlargement ; German Unification ; transfers ; fiscal policy

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Year of publication:	Apr. 2004 ; [Elektronische Ressource]
Other Persons:	Busch, Ulrich (contributor) ; Müller-Kademann, Christian (contributor)
Institutions:	Konjunkturforschungsstelle <Zürich> (contributor)
Publisher:	Zürich : KOF
Subject:	EU-Mitgliedschaft \| EU membership \| Nationale Einheit \| National unity \| Öffentliche Sozialleistungen \| Social security benefits \| Finanzpolitik \| Fiscal policy \| Deutschland \| Germany \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries

Extent:	Online-Ressource, 16 p., text
Series:	KOF working papers. - Zürich : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2107617-0. - Vol. 87
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/50859 [Handle]
Classification:	P27 - Performance and Prospects ; P35 - Public Economics ; E61 - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination ; E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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