| Banking in Transition: East Germany After Unification 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Na, Na (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312223927 ISBN-13: 9780312223922 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: This book examines whether transplanting banks from outside can solve the problems involved in creating a well-functioning market economy, looking especially at the virtual complete takeover of East German banks by their Western counterparts after unification. Drawing on a wide range of English and German sources, and fieldwork interviews across Germany, it argues that there are no quick fix solutions for the transition to a market. Implications are discussed for East Germany and for other previously centrally planned economies, and for the global implications of foreign ownership in banking. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Banks & Banking - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 332.109 |
| LCCN: 99041754 |
| Series: Studies in Economic Transition |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 5.61" W x 8.8" (1.30 lbs) 287 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines whether transplanting banks from outside can solve the problems involved in creating a well-functioning market economy, looking especially at the virtual complete takeover of East German banks by their Western counterparts after unification. Drawing on a wide range of English and German sources, and fieldwork interviews across Germany, it argues that there are no quick fix solutions for the transition to a market. Implications are discussed for East Germany and for other previously centrally planned economies, and for the global implications of foreign ownership in banking. |