Can bombs and broadcasts instigate resistance against a foreign regime? In this paper, we examine the canonical case of bombing designed to undermine enemy morale-the Allied bomber offensive against Germany during World War II. Our evidence shows that air power and the airwaves indeed undermined...

The aim of the article is to quantify and compare the macroeconomic effects of defence spending in the Polish and German economies. Estimating these effects is of particular importance in the context of the substantial increase in defence expenditures in Poland and Germany resulting from the war...

Die wirtschaftlichen Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie führen nach aktuellen Erwartungen zu der schwersten Rezession in der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte. Zur Bewältigung dieser Krise kommt der Wirtschaftspolitik die Aufgabe zu, positive wirtschaftliche Impulse zu setzen, ohne gleichzeitig die...

We construct a unique data set to analyze whether or not a large temporary shock had an impact on German city growth and city size distribution. Following recent work by Davis and Weinstein (2001) on Japan, we take the strategic bombing of German cities during WWII as our example of such a...