Dynamic adjustment and long-run equilibria: Panel data estimates for the East German states

Economic Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1223-1229

  Smolny, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economics of transition; Nominal and real convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955050545     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Abramovitz M. Catching-up, forging ahead, and falling behind. Journal of Economic History 1986, 36:385-406.
2. Akerlof G.A., Rose A., Yellen J., Hessenius H. East Germany in from the cold: the aftermath of currency union. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1991, 1:1-105.
3. Banerjee A. Panel data unit roots and cointegration: an overview. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 1999, 61(S1):607-629.
4. Barrel R., te Velde D.W. Catching-up of East German labour productivity in the 1990s. German Economic Review 2000, 1/3:271-298.
5. Barro R.J., Sala-i Martin X. Technological diffusion, convergence, and growth. Journal of Economic Growth 1997, 2:1-27.
6. BMVBS (2008). Jahresbericht der Bundesregierung zum Stand der Deutschen Einheit 2008. Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung.
7. Boltho A., Carlin W., Scaramozzino P. Will Germany become a new Mezzogiorno?. Journal of Comparative Economics 1997, 24(3):241-264.
8. Burda M.C. Factor reallocation in Eastern Germany after reunification. American Economic Review 2006, 96(2):368-374.
9. Burda M.C., Hunt J. From reunification to economic integration: productivity and the labour market in Eastern Germany. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2001, 2:1-71.
10. Coe D.T., Helpman E. International R&D spillovers. European Economic Review 1995, 39:859-887.
11. Gesamtwirtschaftliche und unternehmerische Anpassungsfortschritte in Ostdeutschland. 19. Bericht, Kiel Institute of World Economics, Kiel Working Papers 346/347 1999, DIW, IWHIWH, IfWIfW.
12. Zweiter Fortschrittsbericht wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Institute über die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Ostdeutschland. IWH Sonderhefte 2003, DIW, IfWIfW, IABIAB, IWHIWH, ZEWZEW.
13. Dornbusch R., Wolf H. Economic transition in Eastern Germany. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1992, 1:235-261.
14. Franz W., Steiner V. Wages in the East German transition process: facts and explanations. German Economic Review 2000, 1(3):247-269.
15. Hunt J. Post-unification wage growth in East Germany. Review of Economics and Statistics 2001, 83(1):190-195.
16. Im K.S., Pesaran M.H., Shin Y. Testing for unit roots in heterogeneous panels. Journal of Econometrics 2003, 115:53-74.
17. Klodt H. Industrial policy and the East German productivity puzzle. German Economic Review 2000, 1(3):315-334.
18. Lange T., Pugh G. The Economics of German Unification 1998, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
19. The Political Economy of German Unification 1998, Berghahn Books, Oxford. T. Lange, J.R. Shackelton (Eds.).
20. Levin A., Lin C.-F., Chu C.-S.J. Unit root tests in panel data: asymptotic and finite-sample properties. Journal of Econometrics 2002, 108:1-24.
21. German Unification: Economic Issues 1990, International Monetary Fund: Occational paper 75. L. Lippschitz, D. McDonald (Eds.).
22. Employment Policy in Transition: The Lessons of German Integration for the Labor Market 2001, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. R.T. Riphahn, D.J. Snower, K.F. Zimmermann (Eds.).
23. Sinn H.W. Staggering along: wage policy and investment support in Eastern Germany. Economics of Transition 1995, 3:403-426.
24. Sinn H.W. Germanýs economic unification: an assessment after ten years. Review of International Economics 2002, 10(1):113-128.
25. Sinn H.W., Sinn G. Jumpstart: The Economic Unification of Germany 1992, MIT Press, Cambridge.
26. Smolny W. International sectoral spillovers - an empirical analysis for German and U.S. industries. Journal of Macroeconomics 1999, 21(1):135-154.
27. Smolny W. Post-war growth, productivity convergence and reconstruction. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 2000, 62(5):589-606.
28. Smolny W. Wage adjustment, competitiveness and unemployment - East Germany after unification. Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009, 229/2+3:130-145.
29. Snower D.J., Merkl C. The caring hand that cripples: the East German labor market after reunification. American Economic Review 2006, 96(2):375-382.
30. Temple J. The new growth evidence. Journal of Economic Literature 1999, XXXVII:112-156.
31. Economic aspects of German unification. Expectations, Transition Dynamics and International Perspectives 1996, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Second edition. P.J.J. Welfens (Ed.).