Public sector activities are often neglected in the economic approaches used to analyze the driving forces behind urban growth. The institutional status of a regional capital is a crucial aspect of public sector activities. This paper reports on a quasi-natural experiment on county towns in East...

Public sector activities are often neglected in the economic approaches used to analyze the driving forces behind urban growth. The institutional status of a regional capital is a crucial aspect of public sector activities. This paper reports on a quasi-natural experiment on county towns in East...

Public sector activities are often neglected in economic approaches to analyze the driving forces of urban growth and changes in urban hierarchies. One crucial aspect of public sector activities is the institutional status of cities as regional capital. The paper is reporting on a quasi natural...

Bevölkerungsstand und -wachstum, Geburten und Sterbefälle, Zu- und Abwanderungen sind wichtige Indikatoren für die Beurteilung der demographischen Entwicklung von Städten und Gemeinden. Diese verlieren jedoch ihre Aussagefähigkeit, wenn z. B. infolge einer Gemeindegebietsreform...