Twenty-Five Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: An Empirical Revisit of West German Consumers' Attitudes Toward Products and Brands from Former East Germany

More than 25 years after the German reunification, data show that products/brands from the eastern regions of Germany (“Neue Länder”) still do not have significant shares in the country's western part (“Alte Länder”). To analyze potential reasons for this phenomenon, our current study replicates a previous study that investigated selected attitudes of Alte Länder consumers toward products/brands from the Neue Länder. It is shown that factors such as consumer ethnocentrism, product judgment, willingness to buy, and economic animosity continue to influence consumer behavior and as such our study offers potential explanation for the failure of Neue Länder products/brands in the western regions of Germany.     

The distributional impact of unification and the 1992–93 recession on West German households

The 1992–93 recession in the western states of Germany has been attributed, in substantial measure, to the macroeconomic consequences of policies to finance unification. Studies of the costs of unification have not attempted to measure the burden of the recession. We estimate a dynamic, panel model of household incomes using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and use it to forecast what these incomes would have been in 1992–94 without a recession. Using a ratio of actual to forecast incomes, we compare the relative burden of the recession across households. Our findings suggest that western households below the median income bore the brunt of the combined impact of unification and the recession of 1992–93.
JEL classification: P3, D3, E3.     

君特·格拉斯和《猫与鼠》

格拉斯是德国当代著名作家 ,是 1999年诺贝尔文学奖获得者。《猫与鼠》是格拉斯《但泽三部曲》的第二部。文本以动物隐喻的方式叙述了纳粹文化对个体的驯化。主人公马尔克本是个善良的青年学生 ,因为生活在希特勒的国家社会主义时代 ,在纳粹文化的诱骗下 ,丧失了自我道德、自我价值 ,最终走向毁灭。马尔克的命运是特定背景下青年人相同相近的精神状态的真实写照     

Differential reporting in Germany - A historical analysis

Based on a contingent perspective of accounting change, this paper reviews the historical development of differential reporting in Germany, by drawing on primary and secondary sources. The main objective of the paper is to shed light on the driving forces and main influential parameters that have shaped the existing differential reporting framework. This historical approach supplies interesting insights for the current discussion on differential reporting in Germany produced by the EU Regulation on the application of International Accounting Standards.     

Constructivist Negotiation Ethics

The success of Discourse Ethics is premised on the discovery and use of shared values. If this is true what type of negotiation style, especially when used in an intercultural setting, is best suited to make use of shared values. Research focusing on moral arguments between Germans and Americans uncovered an array of shared values. But the existence of shared values, by itself, was not an adequate predictor of a negotiation's success. What did prove to be a predictor of success was the use of a Constructivist style of negotiation by both parties.     

公司治理结构:发达国家经验及其启示

公司治理结构的理论基础是委托—代理和企业的不完全契约。从实践看 ,目前在发达国家主要存在两类形式的公司治理机制 ,即英美模式和日德模式。两者在股权结构、组织结构、市场环境、法律制度、激励方式上均存在差异。英美模式侧重于依赖市场机制 ,而日德模式更倾向于公司内部的治理。     

欧盟一体化进程中德国鲁尔区的产业转型绩效分析及其启示

德国鲁尔区是世界上老工业基地成功转型的典范,鲁尔区结构转型之前的特征是:产业结构单一,技术结构传统化,单一垄断性的企业结构,产业的空间结构集中。鲁尔工业区的经济结构的转变经历了再工业化、新型工业化、区域经济一体化、网络化和集群化四个阶段。通过转型取得了显著的成绩:通过培植有竞争力的新兴替代产业拉动了产业结构的转型,解决了由大规模工业衰退带来的难题,使鲁尔区的经济结构由单一的煤钢结构发展成陶瓷加工、机械制造、金属加工等多样化结构,形成了具有特色和影响的信息与通讯、纳米材料、医学技术及新能源、新材料和旅游等有爆发力的新产业体系。德国鲁尔区的转型对中国老工业基地的振兴具有重要的启示。     

对德国职业教育的现实思考——从赴德学生实习培训谈起

德国在世界上拥有较为完善的职业技术教育,该文着重从广东农工商职业技术学院派出的市场营销专业学生到德国实习实训的经历,探讨德国职业技术教育的成功经验,并就我国在发展职业技术教育中如何培养适应社会需要的各种合格职业技术人才等提出一些现实思考。     

德国铁路集装箱"门到门"运输中汽车与铁路的有效结合

结合对德国物流业的实际考察体会，对德国铁路集装箱“门到门”运输中的合同签订、重载汽车的运输组织等方面进行分析，在此基础上，提出我国铁路实现“门到门运输”的一些启示。     

Gender differences in self‐employment

This paper examines the factors that influence transitions into self‐employment, paying particular attention to gender differences. We find that: (i) men are more responsive to the wage differential between wage/salaried employment and self‐employment; (ii) liquidity constraints are more important for men; and (iii) the link between father's self‐employment status and the probability of self‐employment is stronger for men. Taken together, these results suggest that, for women, self‐employment is a closer substitute for part‐time work and labour‐market inactivity than it is for men. We attribute such differences to the different labour market opportunities and occupational strategies of women.