Business Cycles in Poland and in Germany

Fluctuations observed in the post-socialist economies in Eastem Europe are shaped by different institutional and social conditions than those prevailing in the developed market economies of Western Europę. Nevertheless, the mechanism of business cycles and their morphological features may be quite similar, and the methods employed in an empirical analysis may be the same. This study compares cyclical developments in the economies of Poland and Germany, as reflected by the industrial production index