Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1175:
Zur Frage einer Infrastrukturlücke Ostdeutschlands gegenüber Westdeutschland
Henning Sichelschmidt
Abstract: The paper analyses the infrastructure provision in East
Germany mainly by an examination of existing literature. At the time of
German unification 1990, infrastructure in East Germany was in a very bad
condition. After more than ten years of rebuilding, most of the remaining
need for infrastructure investments is probably in the road sector.
Therefore, the planned new motorway connections to Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania as well as to Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia will have to be
completed and, furthermore, numerous defects of regional and local road
networks will continuously have to be repaired. In the railway sector, the
high-speed route Nuremberg-Erfurt as well as improvements in the existing
network (as far as they are justified by the prospective transport demand)
are on the agenda. The least need for investments is left in the
telecommunications and – after realization of current investment plans – in
the airport sectors.
Keywords: Ostdeutschland, Infrastruktur, Straße, Eisenbahn.; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: H54,; R42,; R53; (follow links to similar papers)
54 pages, November 2003
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