rather than another.In this paper, we develop a theory for ranking distribution functions. Our theory offers a general … distribution theory for empirical dominance criteria where it is demonstrated that the associated empirical processes converge in …

during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the …

trusting attitude than West Germans. This suggests a negative effect of communism in East Germany versus democracy in West … Germany on social and institutional trust. However, the experience of democracy by East Germans since reunification did not …

otherwise be missed if a standard approach was adopted. We apply our proposed method to a case-study of Germany where we show …

This paper shows that 19th-century industrialization is an important determinant of the significant changes in Germany … Germany, we establish that nearly half of them experienced a reversal of fortune between 1926 and 2019, i.e., they moved from … the lower to the upper median of the income distribution or vice versa. Economic decline is concentrated in North Germany …