This paper analyses in the framework of a 2-region economic geography model the impact of transfers on agglomeration of … increasing and afterwards decreasing transfers are necessary to avoid agglomeration. Due to these results east Germany's slowdown … of convergence may be a consequence of too less transfers and especially too less firm subsidies. Furthermore, if East …

is a description of the paper and not the actual abstract. This paper analyzes how transfers among family members … affect the behavior of transfer recipients in the market and how market prices reflect the presence of non-market transfers …. Parental and spousal transfers are motivated both by altruism and by a desire to use the transfers to impart specific values or …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality …