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Banking in Transition
Gregg S. Robins
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Description for Banking in Transition
Paperback. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
The book asks whether transplanting banks can solve the problems involved in creating a well-functioning market economy from outside, looking especially at the virtually 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 to transition to a market. Implications are discussed for East Germany and for other previously centrally planned economies, and the global implications of foreign ownership in banking are considered.
The book asks whether transplanting banks can solve the problems involved in creating a well-functioning market economy from outside, looking especially at the virtually 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 to transition to a market. Implications are discussed for East Germany and for other previously centrally planned economies, and the global implications of foreign ownership in banking are considered.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Economic Transition
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349412440
SKU
V9781349412440
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99-15
About Gregg S. Robins
GREGG S. ROBINS is currently managing director for Citibank's International Personal Banking business in Switzerland. He was previously Global EMU Director for the Citibank Private Bank. Dr Robins has published articles in the Oxford International Review, Problems of Communism and the Investors Chronicle. In this book Dr Robins is expanding on his earlier work on the subject. He received a ... Read more
Reviews for Banking in Transition
'An interesting new perspective on the role banks played during reunification. Clearly a valuable contribution to the current debate on the mistakes that were made following the fall of the Berlin wall.' - Dr. Oliver R.A. Prill, Financial Institutions Group, McKinsey & Co 'The wholesale transplant of West German institutions to East Germany after reunification offers a ... Read more