Asymmetrische Schocks und makroökonomische Anpassungsreaktionen im Saarland: Eine empirische Untersuchung
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Asymmetrische Schocks und makroökonomische Anpassungsreaktionen im Saarland: Eine empirische Untersuchung
Miehe-Nordmeyer, Gesa | Holzmann, Robert | Hervé, Yves
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 118 (1998), Iss. 4 : pp. 537–571
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Miehe-Nordmeyer, Gesa
Holzmann, Robert
Hervé, Yves
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This empirical work analyses the adjustment strategy of the German region of Saarland in response to negative asymmetric shocks relative to total Germany, shocks that have lead to a decline of the coal and steel industries. First, we assess the scope of the shocks and their macroeconomic consequences. In the following, we discuss theoretically possible shock adjustment reactions. We then determine which have been the adjustment instruments used in practice. Direct subsidies to the crisis sectors and unconditional fiscal grants from the central government are the main adjustment instruments. The paper closes with a critical assessment of the chosen adjustment strategy.