1989年间。政治变革席卷东欧。它不仅带来了实现民主的前景，也使得计划经济转向市场经济。这场变革的另一个结果是，西欧贷款的方向发生了变动。西欧国家尤其是德国，20世纪80年代曾大量贷款给美国，如今开始将钱借给邻近的东欧国家。利用收入转移问题的分析考虑：上述情形怎样影响西欧产品对美国和日本产品的相对价格?(提示：1美元的金融资源在民主德国和在美国的用处有何不同?)
During 1989 a wave of political change swept over Eastern Europe，raising prospects not only of democracy but also of a shift from centrally planned to market economies．One consequence might be a shift in how Western Europe uses its money：Nations，especially Germany，that during the 1980s were lending heavily to the United States might start to lend to nearby Eastern European nations insteaD.
Using the analysis of the transfer problem，how do you think this should affect the prices of Western European goods relative to those from the United States and Japan? (Hint：how would the likely use of a dollar of financial resources differ in，say East Germany，from its use in the United States?)