The authors of The Economic Effects of Constitutions use econometric tools to study what they call the "missing link" between constitutional systems and economic policy; the book is an uncompromisingly empirical sequel to their previous theoretical analysis of economic policy. Taking recent...

Wie interagieren öffentliche Finanzen und Wirtschaftswachstum in Deutschland? Und welchen Einfluss haben diese Interaktionen auf die Tragfähigkeit der deutschen Staatsfinanzen? Und umgekehrt, welche Rolle spielen Tragfähigkeitsaspekte für die Effektivität von staatlichen...

One of the most notable features of literature about "new economic geography" is a close association between theoretical and empirical work. In contrast to earlier research, theoretical studies are often much more strongly focused on real-world phenomena. At the same time, empirical work is...

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...