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A retrospective study on the regional benefits and spillover effects of high-speed broadband networks : evidence from German counties

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Gugler, Klaus - 2019 - This version: May 2019

There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within...

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The phantom of the opera : cultural amenities, human capital, and regional economic growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2010

We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...

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Local employment growth in West Germany : a dynamic panel approach

Blien, Uwe (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor); … - 2005

In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel techniques, we analyse the timing of the impact of diversity and specialisation, as well as of the human capital structure of local industries. Diversity has a positive effect on...

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Regional convergence and economic performance : a case study of the West German Laender

Buscher, Herbert S. - 1999

In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as … convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have been achieved with respect to a stronger harmonization of the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428207

Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany

Büttner, Thiess - 1999

In the context of EMU fiscal equalization schemes have been proposed as a means to stabilize regions against asymmetric shocks. A theoretical analysis shows that besides reducing the cross-sectional income variance the redistributive element of fiscal equalization causes incentive effects for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428245

Active labor market policy in Germany : is there a successful policy strategy?

Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002

Each year Germany and many other developed economies spend tens of billions of Euros on active measures of employment promotion with the explicit aim of contributing to the reduction of unemployment. Yet, high unemployment has universally been a persistent problem throughout the last two...

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Local economic structure and industry development in Germany, 1993 - 2001

Blien, Uwe (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper analyses the impact of dynamic MAR- and Jacobs-externalities on local employment growth in Germany between 1993 and 2001. In order to facilitate a comparison between the neighbouring countries we firstly replicate the study of Combes (2000) on local employment growth in France and...

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Zipf's law for cities in the regions and the country

Giesen, Kristian (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2009

The salient rank-size rule known as Zipf's law is not only satisfied for Germany's national urban hierarchy, but also for the city size distributions in single German regions. To analyze this phenomenon, we build on the insights by Gabaix (1999) that Zipf's law follows from a stochastic growth...

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A distribution dynamics approach to regional GDP convergence in unified Germany

Juessen, Falko - 2009

This paper uses nonparametric techniques to study GDP convergence across German labor market regions and counties … during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the … Eastern and Western part of the country are still apparent. -- Regional convergence ; distribution dynamics ; nonparametric …

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The rise of the East and the Far East : German labor markets and trade integration

Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2012

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe - in the period 1988-2008 on German local labor markets. Using detailed administrative data, we exploit the cross-regional variation in initial industry structures and use trade...

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