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Privatization in East Germany / Hans-Werner Sinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sinn, Hans-Werner.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w3998.
- NBER working paper series no. w3998
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1992.
- Summary:
- This paper is a critical review of east German privatization policy. It is argued that the restitution of old property rights has been a major obstacle to investment and that the attempt to sell two thirds of an economy in the market place is bound to be a failure. Such an attempt implies serious macro and microeconomic stock-flow problems which erode the sales prices of Treuhand assets, induce the Treuhand to slow down its sales, and reduce private investment. By combining a participation model with a wage freeze the paper designs a social contract that may help increase the chances of economic recovery in east Germany.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 1992.
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