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,...

Klappentext: Der Standortwahl von High-Tech-Unternehmen, speziell solchen der Mikroelektronik, der Bio- und Softwaretechnologie, kommt weltweit eine große Bedeutung zu. Auch wenn diese Unternehmen primär in Großstädten gegründet worden sind, läßt sich dort jedoch, was Zeitpunkt und Anzahl...

German municipalities are expected to suffer from (often significant) population losses in the upcoming decades. We assess these local governments’ vulnerability to the fiscal consequences of this demographic decline through two means (using a sample of 1021 municipalities in the state of...