Eastern Enlargement, EMU and Monetary Policy under Fixed Exchange Rates: Lessons from the Experience of West Germany in the Bretton Woods Era

Björn Alecke focuses in this paper published in the journal Aussenwirtschaft (2004:59 (II)) on the monetary policy of the German Federal Bank in the Bretton Woods era. Based on the empiric results, he presents conclusions for the future arrangement of a suitable exchange rate system for the new central and eastern European member states of the European Union.
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Mid term - how to go on after 2006? The European Structural Funds in Thuringia

In the light of the imminent enlargement of the European Union, Gerhard Untiedt analyses the national and international competitiveness of Thuringia.
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