Banking in Transition: East Germany after Unification

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312223922
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/20/2000
Series:	Studies in Economic Transition
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	287
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Gregg S. Robins is Global EMU Project Head for Citibank in Geneva, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Introduction
• The Banking System in the Transition: A Conceptual Framework
• Context and Approach of the Investigation
• Economic, Institutional, and Banking Development after GEMSU
• Overall Financial Flows and Bank Activities
• The Hausbank System in the East after GEMSU
• The East German Experience in Perspective
• Appendix I: Timetable of Events
• Appendix II: State Support Programs Through the Specialized Banks
• Appendix III: Statistical Supplement
• Appendix IV: Abbreviations/Glossary