Am Beispiel des Emslands analysiert der Beitrag, wie und warum es peripher gelegenen Regionen gelingen kann, ein beachtliches wirtschaftliches Wachstum zu erzeugen. Das Emsland gilt als Paradebeispiel eines peripheren ländlichen Raumes, weist dennoch seit mehreren Jahrzehnten eine höchst...

We examine impacts of market integration on the development of American manufacturing, as railroads expanded through the latter half of the 19th century. Using new county-by-industry data from the Census of Manufactures, we estimate substantial impacts on manufacturing productivity from relative...

This paper examines the historical impact of railroads on the American economy. Expansion of the railroad network may have affected all counties directly or indirectly - an econometric challenge that arises in many empirical settings. However, the total impact on each county is captured by...