Banking in Transition: East Germany After Unification

by G Robins, Robins, Gregg S Robins Dr, et al.

Book Overview

The book asks whether transplanting banks can solve the problems involved in creating a well-functioning market economy from outside, looking especially at the virtually 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 to transition to a market. Implications are discussed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333751353
• ISBN13: 9780333751350
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"