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Researcher in Economics @zew. PhD student @uzh_en.
Sep 16, 2020 14 tweets 10 min read
(1) 30ys ago, Germany started one of historys most radical privatization programs. Transforming East Germany’s economy, its legacy lasts until today.

New paper: We analyze what happened (w @AAoritz @LukasMergele). Thread 👇 #EconTwitter #HistoryTwitter

cesifo.org/node/58093 (2) Founded by the last Communist government and shaped by Germany’s post-reunification institutions, a public agency called #Treuhandanstalt was responsible for privatizing East Germany’s state-owned economy. Essentially, it became the world’s largest holding company. 🏢