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What's in a name? : initial geography and German urban development
Nguyen, Duc A.; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2023
Place names, or toponyms, provide insight into the initial geographical characteristics of settlements. We present a unique dataset of 3,705 German toponyms that includes the date of the first historical record mentioning the settlement and the date it was granted city rights. We show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281491
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Smart cities are big cities : comparative advantage in Chinese cities
Hu, Shiwei; Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2014
The literature on China indicates that the concentration of economic activities in China is less than in other … workers are not able to take full advantage of the benefits from agglomeration economies. China is changing rapidly, however … institutional limitations in China against further agglomeration weaken, and that the consensus in the literature that "Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417992
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Smart Cities are Big Cities -- Comparative Advantage in Chinese Cities
Hu, Shiwei - 2014
The literature on China indicates that the concentration of economic activities in China is less than in other … workers are not able to take full advantage of the benefits from agglomeration economies. China is changing rapidly, however … institutional limitations in China against further agglomeration weaken, and that the consensus in the literature that 'Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044595
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Urban development in China : on the sorting of skills
Brakman, Steven; Hu, Shiwei; Marrewijk, Charles van - In: Journal of international trade & economic development : … 30 (2021) 6, pp. 793-817
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608925
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The Development of Cities in Italy 1300 - 1861
Bosker, Erik Maarten - 2007
The evolution of city growth is usually studied for relatively short time periods. The rise and decline of cities is, however, typically a process that takes many decades or even centuries. In this paper we study the evolution of Italian cities over the period 1300-1861. The first contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777824
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What's in a Name? Initial Geography and German Urban Development
Nguyen, Duc A.; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2023
Place names, or toponyms, provide insight into the initial geographical characteristics of settlements. We present a unique dataset of 3,705 German toponyms that includes the date of the first historical record mentioning the settlement and the date it was granted city rights. We show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356325
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The development of cities in Italy 1300 - 1861
Bosker, E. Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2007
The evolution of city growth is usually studied for relatively short time periods. The rise and decline of cities is, however, typically a process that takes many decades or even centuries. In this paper we study the evolution of Italian cities over the period 1300-1861. The first contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274326