Abstract
Even though there are far-reaching political implications involved in any free trade area, customs union, common market and/or currency union, this chapter is confined to the economic, fiscal, monetary, social and anti-trust policy aspects of the German model and European integration. The basic argument will be that a number of features of the German economy have already been adopted, or would lend themselves to adoption, at the European level.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Akerlof, G.A., Rose, A.K., Yellen, J.L. and Hessenius, H. (1991), ‘East Germany in from the Cold: The Economic Aftermath of Currency Union’, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 1, pp. 1–105.
Bastian, J. (1995), ‘Brothers in Arms or at Arms? 1G Metall in 1994: Confront- ing Recession and Unification’, German Politics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 87–100.
Bean, R. (2nd rev. edn, 1994), Comparative Industrial Relations (London: Routledge).
Berghahn, V.R. (1986), The Americanisation of West German Industry 1945–1973 (Leamington Spa: Berg).
Berghahn, V.R. and Karsten, D. (1987), Industrial Relations in West Germany (Oxford: Berg).
Chauffour, J.P., Harasty, H. and Le Dem, J. (1992), ‘German Reunification and European Monetary Policy’, in Barrell, R. and Whitley, J., eds, Macro- economic Policy Coordination in Europe: The ERM and Monetary Union (London: Sage).
Cutler, T., Haslam, C., Williams, J. and Williams, K. (1989), 1992 — The Struggle for Europe (New York: Berg).
Deutsche Bank Research (1994), ‘East Germany: Progress and Problems’, Bulletin (17 October), pp. 19–25.
Die Zeit (various issues), (Hamburg).
EC — European Commission (1989, 1990, 1992), First, Second and Third Survey on State Aids in the European Community (Luxembourg: Commission of the European Communities).
Dyker, D.A., ed. (1992), The National Economies of Europe (London: Longman). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung — [FAZ] (various issues), (Frankfurt).
FitzRoy, F. and Kraft, K. (1987), ‘Efficiency and Internal Organization: Works Councils in West German Firms’, Economica, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 493–504.
FitzRoy, F. and Kraft K. (1993), ‘Economic Effects of Codetermination’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 365–75.
Flockton, C. (1992), ‘The Federal Republic of Germany’, in Dyker, D.A., ed., pp. 32–68.
Goos, B. (1994), ‘German Monetary Policy and the Role of the Bundesbank in the ERM’, Economic and Financial Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (spring), pp. 3–12.
Gurdon, M.A. and Rai, A. (1990), ‘Codetermination and Enterprise Performance: Empirical Evidence from West Germany’, Journal of Economics and Business, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 289— 302.
Hafer, R.W. and Kutan, A.M. (1994), ‘A Long-Run View of German Dominance and the Degree of Policy Convergence in the EMS’, Economic Inquiry, vol. 32, no. 4 (October), pp. 684–95.
Helm, D. (1995), ‘Anatomy of a Giant’, Times Higher Education Supplement (27 January).
Higgins, B. (1993), ‘Was the ERM Crisis Inevitable?’, Economic Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City), vol. 78, no. 4 (fourth quarter), pp. 27–40.
Hobsbawm, E. (1994), Age of Extremes: the Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991 (London: Michael Joseph).
Hölscher, J (1994), Entwicklungsmodell Westdeutschland: Aspekte der Akkumulation in der Geldwirtschaft (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot).
Ifo — Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (1994), ‘Die Neuordnung des bundesstaatlichen Finanzausgleichs im Spannungsfeld zwischen Wachstums- und Verteilungszielen’, Ifo-Schnelldienst, 3 /94, pp. 3–11.
Kersley, B. and Martin, C. (1995), ‘Should the UK Adopt the Social Chapter?’, Research Paper (Department of Economics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London).
Kurz, H.D., ed. (1993), United Germany and the New Europe (Aldershot: Edward Elgar).
Laun, K. von (1994), ‘Europäische Union: Die Finanzlast für die Bundesrepublik’, Orientierungen zur Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftspolitik, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 55–61.
Lipschitz, L. and McDonald, D., eds (1990), German Unification: Economic Issues, Occasional Papers, no. 75 (Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund).
Marsh, D. (1992), The Bundesbank: the Bank that Rules Europe (London: Heinemann).
Morgan, E.J. (1995), ‘EU Competition Policy and the Single Market’, Economics and Business Education, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 7–11.
MRDB — Monthly Report of the Deutsche Bundesbank (various issues).
Nicholls, A.J. (1994), Freedom with Responsibility: The Social Market Economy in Germany 1918–1963 (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
OECD — Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1990) (1993) (1994), Economic Surveys (Germany).
Owen, R. and Dynes, M. (1992), The Times Guide to the Single European Market (London: Times Books).
Owen Smith, E. (2nd edn, 1993), The German Economy in Western Europe (London: Europa Publications).
Owen Smith, E. (1994), The German Economy (London: Routledge).
Owen Smith, E. (1996a), ‘incentives for Growth and Development’, in Frowen, S.F. and Hölscher, J., eds, The German Currency Union of 1990 — A Criti- cal Assessment (London: Macmillan).
Owen Smith, E. (1996b), ‘Determinants of German Socio-Economic Policies’ in Shackleton, J.R. and Lange, T., eds, Germany — An Economy in Transition (Oxford: Berghahn Books).
Owen Smith, E., Frick, B. and Griffiths, T. (1989), Third Party Involvement in Industrial Disputes: A Comparative Study of West Germany ad Britain (Aldershot: Avebury Press).
Pfeiffer, H. (1993), Die Macht der Banken (Frankfurt: Campus).
Regini, M. (1995), Uncertain Boundaries: The Social and Political Construc-tion of European Economies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
Sadowski, D., Schneider, M. and Wagner, K. (1994), ‘The Impact of European Integration and German Unification on Industrial Relations in Germany’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 523–37.
Silvia, S.J. and Markovits, A.S. (1995a), ‘The New World of German Trade Unions: Still Essential Pillars of “Modell Deutschland”?’, Business and the Contemporary World, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 52–66.
Silvia, S.J. and Markovits, A.S. (1995b), ‘The Reform of the German Trade Union Federation’, German Politics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 64–85.
Sinn, G. and Sinn, H.-W. (1992), Jumpstart: the Economic Unification of Germany (Boston, Mass.: MIT Press).
Smeets, H.D. (1990), ‘Does Germany Dominate the EMS?’, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 37–52.
Smyser, W.R. (2nd edn, 1993), The German Economy: Colossus at the Crossroads (Harlow: Longman).
Stein, J.L. (1994), ‘Fundamental Determinants of Real Exchange Rates and Capital Flows and their Importance for Europe’, Economic Notes, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 367–87.
Steinherr, A. (1994), ‘Lessons from German Unification’, CIDEI Working Paper, no. 33 (December).
Süddeutsche Zeitung [SZ], (various issues), (Munich).
Tichy, G. (1993), ‘European Integration and the Heterogeneity of Europe’, in Kurz, H.D., ed., pp. 163–180.
Wiseman, J. (1989), ‘Social Policy and the Social Market’, in Peacock, A. and Willgerodt, H., eds, German Neo-Liberals and the Social Market Economy: Origins and Evolution (London: Macmillan), pp. 160–78.
Woolcock, S., Hodges, M. and Schreiber, K. (1991), Britain, Germany and 1992: the Limits of Deregulation (London: Royal Institute of International Affairs/Pinter Publishers).
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2001 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Smith, E.O. (2001). The German Model and European Integration. In: Larres, K. (eds) Germany since Unification. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230800038_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230800038_8
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-91999-6
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-80003-8
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)