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The development of cities in Italy 1300 - 1861
Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003462330
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The Development of Cities in Italy 1300 - 1861
Bosker, Erik Maarten - 2007
The evolution of city growth is usually studied for relatively short time periods. The rise and decline of cities is, however, typically a process that takes many decades or even centuries. In this paper we study the evolution of Italian cities over the period 1300-1861. The first contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777824
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Smart cities are big cities : comparative advantage in Chinese cities
Hu, Shiwei; Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2014
The literature on China indicates that the concentration of economic activities in China is less than in other industrialized countries. Institutional limits are largely held responsible for this finding (e.g. the Hukou system); firms and workers are not able to take full advantage of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417992
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Smart Cities are Big Cities -- Comparative Advantage in Chinese Cities
Hu, Shiwei - 2014
The literature on China indicates that the concentration of economic activities in China is less than in other industrialized countries. Institutional limits are largely held responsible for this finding (e.g. the Hukou system); firms and workers are not able to take full advantage of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044595
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What's in a name? : initial geography and German urban development
Nguyen, Duc A.; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2023
Place names, or toponyms, provide insight into the initial geographical characteristics of settlements. We present a unique dataset of 3,705 German toponyms that includes the date of the first historical record mentioning the settlement and the date it was granted city rights. We show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281491
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Ports, plagues and politics : explaining Italian city growth 1300 - 1861
Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - In: European review of economic history 12 (2008) 1, pp. 97-131
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003687649
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The development of cities in Italy 1300 - 1861
Bosker, E. Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2007
The evolution of city growth is usually studied for relatively short time periods. The rise and decline of cities is, however, typically a process that takes many decades or even centuries. In this paper we study the evolution of Italian cities over the period 1300-1861. The first contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274326
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Town twinning and German city growth
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Oumer, Abdella - 2014
After World War II, town twinning became popular, notably in Germany. This was mainly a reaction to the war experience … other countries. The contacts created by town twinning also resulted in increased international access of the cities …. In this paper we investigate the effects of town twinning on population growth in German counties and municipalities. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344842
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Town twinning and German city growth
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Oumer, Abdella - In: CESifo DICE report : journal for institutional comparisons 13 (2015) 4, pp. 48-54
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482910
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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
We construct a unique data set to analyze whether or not a large temporary shock had an impact on German city growth and city size distribution. Following recent work by Davis and Weinstein (2001) on Japan, we take the strategic bombing of German cities during WWII as our example of such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514015