Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Dalia Marin
Part I: The institution of industrial relations
1 From sick man of Europe to economic superstar: Germany's resurgence and the lessons for Europe
Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger, Uta Schoenberg, and Alexandra Spitz-Oener
2 The flexibilisation of German industrial relations
Lucio Baccaro
Part II: Globalisation and technology
3 Global value chains, product quality, and the rise of Eastern Europe
Dalia Marin
4 The China shock and the rise of robots: Why Germany is different
Jens Suedekum
5 Science, research, and innovation in Germany: 2000 to 2017
Dietmar Harhoff and Monika Schnitzer
Part III: The current account surplus
6 Germany's current account surplus and corporate investment
Guntram B. Wolff
7 Germany did not pursue fiscal devaluation
Fabio Ghironi and Benjamin Weigert
Part IV: The role of history
8 Germany: The reluctant leader of the euro area
Charles Wyplosz
9 The Franco-German relationship
Harold James
10 Voting for the far right in Germany
Davide Cantoni, Felix Hagemeister and Mark Westcott