We study the location of various film-related services (such as camera rental, casting agencies or pyrotechnic services), the main determinant of interest being the human capital specificity. We show that firms which supply services with a lower firm specificity locate farther away from one...

Redistributive grants schemes, such as fiscal equalization, are a common characteristic of local public finance in several countries. However, large and small jurisdictions are treated differently by the respective fiscal equalization schemes that often tend to favour larger jurisdictions. This...

The paper proposes an econometric approach for quantifying jointly the geographical scope of commuting as well as the various forms of agglomeration economies originating from metropolitan centers. Adopting an urban economics perspective, and using land prices to measure their aggregate effects,...

This paper is concerned with the question as to what extent population size and density affect the cost of providing public services at the subnational level. Empirical estimates of cost functions are obtained from an analysis of the expenditures of German states disaggregated into about 40...

Die gegenwärtige Beschäftigungskrise betrifft vor allem Ballungsregionen. Aber nicht alle Regionen schneiden gleichermaßen schlecht ab. Welche Rolle spielt die Vernetzung wissensintensiver Dienstleistungen und Industrien für eine erfolgreiche Krisenbewältigung?

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat in seinem Urteil zum Länderfinanzausgleich vom 11.11.1999 eine Prüfung verlangt, ob die im Finanzausgleichsgesetz vorgesehene Besserstellung großer Orte, insbesondere der Stadtstaaten, vertretbar ist. Die Problematik betrifft noch stärker als den...