We distinguish four types of regional growth regimes based on the type of relationship between new business formation and economic development. The distinguishing characteristics of these regime types are analyzed in order to identify the reasons for different growth performance. Although growth...

We investigate persistence and change of the levels of regional new business formation in West Germany over a period of thirty years. Our indicator is the position of a region in the national ranking. As indicated by previous studies, we generally find a rather high level of persistence and...

This paper investigates the effect of related and unrelated variety on regional growth in West Germany. In particular, we analyze the role of regional absorptive capacity and new business formation for these effects. We find that West German regions benefit from both types of varieties. The...

An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region’s lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there...

The paper targets the relationship between growth of cooperation and later growth of innovation at the regional level. Patent data for German regions and eleven subsequent years is used to identify collaborative activity as well as the innovative output in each region. The results confirm to...

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...

In Bayern herrscht so etwas wie 'Brexit-Stimmung'. Die Stadt Neu-Ulm will aus ihrem Landkreis austreten und zu einer kreisfreien Stadt mit mehr Autonomie werden. Das baden-württembergische Reutlingen verfolgt bereits seit etlichen Jahren den gleichen Plan. Die Kreisfreiheit würde mehr...

Der Ausweis von Regionalfördergebieten ist in den Mitgliedsstaaten der EU nur im Rahmen eines von der Europäischen Kommission kriteriengestützt festgelegten „Bevölkerungsplafonds“ möglich. Dieser wird für die kommende Förderperiode ab 2021 in Deutschland aufgrund der im EU-Vergleich...

Empirical analyses show that the employment effects of start-ups are highest in agglomerations, whereas moderately congested areas exhibit only modest effects, and weak or even no significant effects could be found in rural regions. This paper will set out to show that these discrepancies arise...