The Macroeconomic Effects of German Unification: Real Adjustments and the Welfare State

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 423-460

  Canova, Fabio ^a   Ravn, Morten O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

German unification; capital accumulation; skill differences; credit constraints; the welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043205456     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.2000.0096     Document Type: Article

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