We give an overview of the "German model" of industrial relations. We organize our review by focusing on the two pillars of the model: sectoral collective bargaining and firm-level codetermination. Relative to the United States, Germany outsources collective bargaining to the sectoral level,...

1. Introduction -- 2. From East to West: Modernization efforts in the northern and western regions of Poland (1944-1989) -- 3. The importance of technical progress for economic growth in the GDR -- 4. Inefficiency and intransparency in East German foreign trade -- 5. Historical Legacies of...

Die DDR und Polen haben von 1945 bis 1989 versucht, das kollektivistische Modernisierungsprojekt zu verwirklichen – den real existierenden Sozialismus. Das Buch vergleicht die unterschiedliche Entwicklung der systemtheoretischen und wirtschaftspolitischen Ideen in beiden Ländern. Trotz einer...