Closing the prosperity gap between regions has always been a key political aspiration of the European Union - and cohesion policy is the primary means to achieve that goal. Europe is currently undergoing a digital and green transition that is drastically changing the way its economy works. How...

This paper assesses whether the economy of East Germany is catching up with the West German region in terms of welfare. While the primary measure for convergence and catching up is per capita output, we also look at other macroeconomic indicators such as unemployment rates, wage rates, and...

The paper analyses the development of the East German housing market after the reunification of the former German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990. We analyse the dynamics of the East German housing market within the framework of the wellknown stockflow model,...

Das drohende Phasing Out der Braunkohle führt in der Lausitz zu einem erneuten Strukturwandel. Zu einer dauerhaften Massenarbeitslosigkeit wird es dieses Mal vermutlich nicht kommen, denn die demografische Entwicklung der Region weist für die Zukunft einen starken Rückgang der erwerbsfähigen...

We use longitudinal data over a decade on start-ups and employment in Swedish regions and analyze the effect of start-ups on subsequent employment growth. We extend previous analyses by examining the influence of regional start-ups in a sector on regional employment growth in the same sector and...

Nationale und internationale Transformationsprozesse machen an den Grenzen einzelner Regionen nicht halt, sondern beeinflussen deren weiteren Entwicklungsverlauf maßgeblich. Gerade strukturschwache Regionen sind in besonderer Weise von Transformationsprozessen betroffen, da Strukturschwäche...

[Einleitung] Die aktuellsten Zahlen des Arbeitskreises "Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung der Länder" haben Politiker, Medien und die Wirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) in Aufruhr versetzt. Denn gemessen am Wachstum des Bruttoinlandsprodukts, der zentralen Maßeinheit des...

The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the collapse of the East German state in 1989. It took about...

This paper analyses in the framework of a 2-region economic geography model the impact of transfers on agglomeration of economic activity. Two main results can be derived: First, subsidies to the activity of firms are more efficient to avoid agglomeration than subsidies to consumers (social...