Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 38 (2008) 4, pp. 330-347
This paper uses empirical evidence on the evolution and structure of the West-German city size distribution to assess the relevance of three different theories of urban growth. The West-German case is of particular interest as Germany's urban system has been subject to some of history's largest...