Trade theory and economic geography suggest that the removal of trade barriers is likely to bring about more economic specialisation and potentially more diverse development paths between countries and regions. Thus, the deepening and extending European integration should be accompanied by an...

The vast majority of regions in West Germany, and the EU, have become more similar in terms of per-capita income and productivity between 1980 and 2000. But a number of rich areas - generally large agglomerations - have succeeded in departing from this trend of convergence. They are continuing...

We use a large micro-dataset to assess the importance of intangible capital - organisation, R&D and ICT capital - for the economic performance of establishments and regions in Germany. In 2003 self-produced intangible capital accounted for more than one fifth of the total capital stock of...

Heute gilt Berlin wieder als „in“. Trotz prekärer Haushaltslage hat die Stadt ihre zentralen Standortmerkmale Kultur, Bildung und Forschung profiliert. Die Investitionen der Wirtschaft steigen, die Zahl der Menschen, die hier Arbeit finden, ebenfalls. Allerdings sah es nach der Euphorie der...