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Locational competition and agglomeration : the role of government spending

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2002

agenda. In contrast to the standard neo-classical reasoning, recent advances in the theory of trade and location have shown …

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The strategic bombing of German cities during World War II and its impact on city growth

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2002

process. Our main finding is that city growth in western Germany did not follow a random walk, while city growth in eastern … Germany did follow a random walk. Different post-war economic systems are most likely responsible for this outcome. …

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The empirical relevance of the new economic geography : testing for a spatial wage structure in Germany

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2000

-unification Germany. We find support for a spatial wage structure for German city-district wages, and hence indirectly for the relevance … of a new economic geography model for Germany. We also find that demand linkages in Germany are strongly localised and … that the old border still matters to the extent that economic interactions between western and eastern Germany are still …

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A model of heterogeneous firm matches in cross-border mergers & acquisitions

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Gerritse, Michiel; … - 2018 - This version: May 2018

In contrast to empirical evidence, recent theories of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) assume perfect knowledge transfers - from high to low productivity firms - between acquirer and target. Using the Melitz (2003) model of heterogeneous firms, we develop a matching model of...

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The development of cities in Italy 1300 - 1861

Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2007

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Cross-border mergers & acquisitions : the facts as a guide for international economics

Brakman, Steven (contributor); Garretsen, Harry (contributor) - 2006

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Structural change in OECD comparative advantage

Brakman, Steven; Inklaar, Robert; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2010

In the post-war period, the goods composition of trade in OECD countries has changed considerably. We analyze the evolution of comparative advantage using a detailed trade data set and a new analytical tool: the harmonic (weighted) mass index, which enables us to identify periods of structural...

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The positive border effect of EU integration

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van; … - 2011

Distance related variables typically vary in a cross-section dimension but less so in a time dimension across cities, regions, or countries. The enlargement of the EU or the introduction of the euro, however, can be looked upon as integration shocks that are informative of the consequences of...

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Looking for multiple equilibria when geography matters : German city growth and the WWII shock

Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2005

Many modern trade and growth models are characterized by multiple equilibria. In theory the analysis of multiple … German city growth. The strategic bombing of Germany during WWII enables us to assess the empirical relevance of multiple …

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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions : on revealed comparative advantage and merger waves

Brakman, Steven (contributor); Garretsen, Harry (contributor) - 2005

By combining two large data sets (on international trade flows and on mergers and acquisitions M&As), we are able to test two implications of Neary's (2003, 2004a) recent theoretical work. Analyzing M&As in a General Oligopolistic Equilibrium (GOLE) model incorporating strategic interaction...

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