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The strategic bombing of German cities during World War II and its impact on city growth
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2002
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514015
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The Strategic Bombing of German Cities During World War Ii and its Impact on City Growth
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320182
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Agglomeration economies and clustering - evidence from German firms
Hafner, Kurt A. (contributor) - 2008
The paper quantifies the impact of agglomeration economies on the clustering of German firms. Therefore, I use the 2006 … Innobarometer survey, which focuses on cluster characteristics and activities of German firms, to empirically identify agglomeration … some departments like Human Resources or R&D but rarely for others like Production. -- Agglomeration Economies ; New …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003735116
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How Important is Geography for Agglomeration?
Roos, Michael W. M. - 2010
of geography. After controlling for agglomeration economies and the interaction effect of geography and agglomeration …
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The new Laender as an industry location in unified Germany
Büttner, Thiess - 1994
to the conditions in unified Germany the roles of transport costs, trade in intermediates, congestion effects, start …
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The new laender as an industry location in unified Germany
Büttner, Thiess - 1994
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Concentration and Specialisation Trends in Germany since Reunification
Suedekum, Jens - 2004
In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between 1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we neither find compelling evidence for a specialisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295418
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Factors explaining the spatial agglomeration of the creative class : empirical evidence for German artists
Alfken, Christoph; Brökel, Tom; Sternberg, Rolf G. - 2013
The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the relative importance of economic and amenity-related location factors for attracting talents or members of the creative class. While Florida highlights the role of amenities, openness, and tolerance, others instead emphasize the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303799
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Firm structure and the location decision of German manufacturing firms : evidence from official firm-level data
Krenz, Astrid - 2016
agglomeration economies play a significant role for small firms, but not for medium-sized and large firms. Whereas the market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574951
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Spatial location of firms and industries : is local superior to global?
Jovanović, Miroslav N. - In: Contemporary issues in urban and regional economics, (pp. 1-53). 2005
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