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The Rise and Decline of European Parliaments, 1188-1789
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo; Zanden, Jan Luiten Van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
innovation. In the early-modern period parliaments declined in influence in southern and central Europe and gained in importance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530357
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From Baghdad to London: The Dynamics of Urban Growth in Europe and the Arab World, 800-1800
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo; Zanden, Jan Luiten Van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
On the basis of a large (new) dataset of cities in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in the millennium between … from Iraq (or more generally the Arab world) to Western Europe and to the shores of the Atlantic (during the 17th and 18th …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504754
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City seeds. Geography and the origins of the European city system
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Geography is widely viewed as the important determinant of city location. This paper empirically disentangles the different roles of geography in shaping the European city system. We present a new database that covers all actual cities as well as potential city locations over the period when the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682885
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Do Local Amenities Affect the Appeal of Regions in Europe for Migrants?
Ketterer, Tobias; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper delves into the factors which determine the attractiveness of regions in Europe for migrants. Contrary to … the literature on the US which has increasingly focused on the role of amenities, existing research in Europe tends to … Union (EU). Our findings therefore indicate that locational choices in Europe may be much more similar to place …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083457
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Local quality of government and migration. Evidence for European regions
Ketterer, Tobias; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
In this paper we investigate the impact of local quality of government on the attractiveness of European regions to migrants. The analysis is based on panel data estimations of 254 regions for the period between 1995 and 2009. Different instrumental variable techniques have been employed in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084341