Business Location Germany 1998

Judgement on the economic situation of the country and expected
development of the economic situation. Attitude to market economy
questions. Attitude to the common European currency. Topics: most
important problems in Germany; intent to participate in the election;
party preference (Sunday question); behavior at the polls in the last
Federal Parliament election; judgement on current economic situation in
Eastern Germany or Western Germany; expected personal economic
situation, currently and for the future; judgement on the economic
situation in Germany; judgement on the economic situation in the
country in comparison to Western European neighbors; judgement on the
socially-oriented market economy in Germany; expected development of
the standard of living for the future; wage costs, environment
regulations or sales markets as major reason for production by German
companies abroad; judgement on the level of business profits and
business taxes in Germany; judgement on the sales tax increase; most
important countries as competetors of German business; judgement on the
quality of industry products from Germany, France, Great Britain,
Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Czech Republic, USA and from the People´s
Republic of China; comparison of technical progress in Germany, Japan
and USA; judgement on the speed of technical progress and governmental
hinderance of progress; assessment of the readiness of Germans for
innovation; trade unions, businesses, Federal Government, Bundesbank,
German unity or world economic situation as major reason for current
economic problems; preference for wage contracts at association level
or company level; orientation of wage increases on the rate of
inflation; creation of jobs as task of government or companies; most
important reasons for unemployment in Germany; judgement on the extent
of governmental intervention in business; judgement on the extent of
current social services; problems of reunification solved; preference
for economic growth or environmental protection; judgement on the
situation in the universities: too many students, study times too long,
too little money for universities, too low support of the highly
gifted, preference for introduction of tuition fees, too little effort
by college instructors and students; attitude to a leading role by the
Federal Republic of Germany in European foreign and security policy as
well as in European economy and financial policy; advantageousness of
membership of the country in the EU; necessity of political unification
of Europe to preserve prosperity; too much influence of the EU on
national decisions; attitude to the new common currency, Euro;
advantages or disadvantages of introduction of the Euro for the German
economy, for the respondent personally, for Germany in the short-term
as well as in the long view; expected change of political influence by
Germany on Europe through introduction of the Euro; expected changes in
unemployment and cost of living in Germany; assessment of the stability
of monetary value after introduction of the Euro; expected introduction
of the Euro and expected observance of the time plans for introduction;
desire to stick to the Maastricht criteria as condition for
participation in the common currency; advantages or disadvantages as
result of postponing introduction of the Euro; significance of the Euro
for the respondent; necessity of a common currency for progress of
European unification; preferred countries for immediate participation
in the European currency; protection of the European market through
duties or preference for open competition; self-assessment of extent to
which informed about the Euro; counseling services personally received
about the effects of the Euro and statement of counseling institution;
assessment of the counseling service of banks and savings banks in view
of the topic Euro; assessment of the security of the Eurocheque card;
possession of a Eurocheque card. Demography: state in which the
respondent is eligible to vote; city size; age in classes; school
education; occupational training; extent of employment; personal
jeopardy to job; occupational group; size of household; persons in
household 18 years old and older; union member in the household; close
persons who are unemployed or whose job is endangered; sex.