German Reunification

German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic (GDR) became part of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to form the reunited nation of Germany. The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity (German: Deutsche Einheit), celebrated each year on 3 October as German Unity Day (German: Tag der deutschen Einheit). Berlin was reunited into a single city, and again became the capital of united Germany. The East German government started to falter in May 1989, when the removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria opened a …

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NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 4 April 2024 English

This paper provides new evidence on a long-standing question asked by Shiller (1997): Why do we dislike inflation? I conducted two surveys on representative samples of the US population to …

in a new environment: Evi- dence from the german reunification. Journal of Monetary Economics 115, 301–320


Brookings Institution · 28 March 2024 English

Most Americans strongly dislike inflation and do not believe wage increases come close to offsetting price increases, suggests a paper to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity …

in a new environment: Evi- dence from the german reunification. Journal of Monetary Economics 115, 301–320


CESifo Network · 19 March 2024

2024 will be an important election Dorn, David Gstrein and Florian Neumeier postulate year with the presidential elections in the US and the that the main factors behind the rise …

the earn- After the disruption caused by German reunification ings percentile of a partner increases in


OSW: Centre for Eastern Studies · 18 March 2024 English

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland serve to protect the independence of the state and the integrity of its territory and to ensure the security and inviolability of …

German territory, and the paramount goal was German reunification, which required de facto consent from the


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 1 March 2024 English

For decades, households' subjective expectations elicited via surveys have been considered meaningless because they often differ substantially from the forecasts of professionals and ex-post realizations. In sharp contrast, the literature …

in a new environment: Evidence from the german reunification. Journal of Monetary Economics 115, 301–320


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 22 February 2024 English

The effectiveness of government policies is greatly influenced by people’s trust in state and political institutions.

and Rainer and Siedler (2009) use the German reunification. We focus specifically on the second-tier


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 22 February 2024 English

The effectiveness of government policies is greatly influenced by people’s trust in state and political institutions.

and Rainer and Siedler (2009) use the German reunification. We focus specifically on the second-tier


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 16 February 2024 English

We study the long-term effects of inflation surges on inflation expectations. German households living in areas with higher local inflation during the hyperinflation of the 1920s expect higher inflation today, …

and self-selection: Ev- idence from the German reunification ‘experiment’, Quarterly Journal of Economics in a new environment: Evidence from the German reunification, Journal of Monetary Economics 115, 301-320


EU: European Union · 13 February 2024 English

The euro area has been subject to a series of very different shocks, some of which, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, were unprecedented. While the ECB’s reaction to these deflationary …

with the prominent historical event, the German reunification, and which set off a diverging path between


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 9 February 2024 English

The euro area has been subject to a series of very different shocks, some of which, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, were unprecedented. While the ECB’s reaction to these deflationary …

with the prominent historical event, the German reunification, and which set off a diverging path between


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