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Re-organizing and Privatizing German State Enterprises (A)

By Douglas Webber,  Mark Lehrer
Published 11 Jan 1997
Reference 4689
Topic Economics & Finance
Industry Telecommunications,  Airlines/Aviation,  Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Region Europe
Length 32 page(s)
Language English
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Summary

The case portrays the political process by which, in the first half of the 1990s, decisions were taken in Germany to re-organize and/or to privatize the state-owned airlines, telecommunications and railways enterprises.

Teaching objectives

To identify how and to what extent important public policy outcomes in Germany are shaped by the organizations of the German political system.

Keywords
  • Reorganization
  • Privatization
  • Lufthansa
  • Deutsche Telekom
  • Deutsche Bundesbahn
  • Airlines
  • Telecommunications
  • Railways
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Re-organizing and Privatizing German State Enterprises (B)

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    About the authors
    Webber

    Douglas Webber

    Emeritus Professor of Political Science

    Mark Lehrer


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