payments positions of the EU member countries. It emphasizes Germany's role as the primary strong currency country in the EU …

to international competition in EU member states including even in Germany. The chapter contrasts an explanation that …

employment in Germany. To some extent structural change in OECD countries is a reflection of differences in relative productivity … employment in services in Germany. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (GSOEP), we analyse (1) the impact of the … who settled in Germany in the 1990s. …

prerequisite for understanding the particular role of Germany within the bargaining process over the rules of European exchange … for balance of payments adjustments. I argue that Germany has so far been unwilling to compromise on the question of … consistency. Following the N-1 logic, Germany has served as the standard setting country for European monetary politics. On the …

trade unions) of Britain, France, and Germany have accepted an 'asymmetrical' Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) which …

balanced external accounts. As a result, governments in France and Germany began to adopt broadly identical policy strategies … crisis symptoms after the first oil shock were common to both countries: In France and West Germany formerly stable income …

prerequisite for understanding the particular role of Germany within the bargaining process over the rules of European exchange … for balance of payments adjustments. I argue that Germany has so far been unwilling to compromise on the question of … consistency. Following the N-1 logic, Germany has served as the standard setting country for European monetary politics. On the …

trade unions) of Britain, France, and Germany have accepted an 'asymmetrical' Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) which …