German reunication was a positive market access shock for both East and West Germany. Regions that for 45 years had … experienced a decline in population due to their loss in market access following the division of Germany of WWII were most … value of land in West Germany. We find that regions in the immediate border area experienced a relative rise in land prices …

Why do borders still matter for economic activity? The reunification of Germany in 1990 provides a unique natural … to trade between East Germany and West Germany were eliminated completely within a very short period of time. The …

Eastern Germany's recovery from the unification shockʺ has been characterized by deep structural change with apparent …

but has some models in Europe. For instance, in 1990 Germany reunified during an important deepening phase of the European … Union. When Western and Eastern Germany became unified in 1990, Western German political, economic and social institutions … were transferred to the former German Democratic Republic (Eastern Germany) by a one-to-one imitation process. The …