Unification and the policy predicament in Germany

Economic Modelling

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 519-544

  Hughes Hallett, A ^a   Ma, Y ^b   Melitz J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

Author keywords

German unification; Regional convergence; Wage subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268597     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-9993(96)01024-3     Document Type: Article

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