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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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The Phantom of the Opera : Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth

Falck, Oliver - 2020

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Local Employment Growth in West Germany : A Dynamic Panel Approach

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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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Innovationstätigkeit von Unternehmen : die Rolle von Qualifikationen, Kooperationen und Clusterpolitik

Falck, Oliver; Kipar, Stefan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Arbeitsbereich Humankapital und Innovation erstellt und im Dezember 2010 abgeschlossen. Sie wurde durch das Bayerische Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Technologie gefördert. Gegenstand der Studie ist es, die Innovationstätigkeit von...

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Housing market convergence: Evidence from Germany

Unal, Umut; Hayo, Bernd; Erol, Isil - 2022

This paper provides an analysis of the convergence pattern of German housing prices and rents employing a new dataset … that covers all the country's administrative districts. In addition to conventional tests for β-convergence and δ-convergence … districts. Our results reveal no evidence of convergence across Germany or within states; rather, we discover widespread …

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Housing market convergence : evidence from Germany

Unal, Umut; Hayo, Bernd; Erol, Isil - 2022

This paper provides an analysis of the convergence pattern of German housing prices and rents employing a new dataset … that covers all the country's administrative districts. In addition to conventional tests for 𝛽-convergence and 𝜎-convergence … districts. Our results reveal no evidence of convergence across Germany or within states; rather, we discover widespread …

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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 quasinatural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008859834

The economics of regional clusters : networks, technology and policy

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