Joerg Lichter

Handelsblatt Research Insitute · Economic History

Against the background of the eighth amendment to the “Act against Restraints of Competition” (Competition Act), which limits the antitrust enforcement on private water utilities, the remunicipalisation of formerly privatized water utilities has gained importance. Based on three high profile cases (Wetzlar, Wiesbaden and Berlin), the study assesses...

The «Deutsche National-Bank» in Dessau was the first attempt to establish a central banking system in Germany. The main objective of this private bank was to take the role as a central bank without close links to the state. Being established 30 years before the foundation of the «Reichsbank» as the central bank of the german empire its failure can...