Abstract: Warum sind Immobilien in bestimmten Gemeinden teurer als in anderen und welche lokalen Einflussfaktoren bestimmen die Immobilienpreise? Unterscheiden sich Immobilienpreise zwischen Gemeinden aufgrund von unterschiedlichen lokalen Steuern und haben derartige Preisunterschiede über...

Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in scientific and infrastructural well suited regions or not. Estimation results on the level of postcode areas confirm the hypothesis that specific human capital, knowledge spillovers...

Applying an outlier robust extension of the data envelopment analysis (DEA) followed by a geoadditive regression analysis, this study identifies and decomposes the efficiency of 439 German regions in using infrastructure and human capital. The findings show that the regions' efficiency is driven...

This paper examines the association between the outcome of business incubation and the resources used by incubators, by using a small panel of science and technology business incubators (STBIs) in China. We find that while the number of firms graduating from an STBI is closely correlated with...

We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...

Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure investment can have a positive effect on growth that goes beyond the effect of the capital stock because of economies of scale, the existence of network externalities competition...

The paper analyzes the contribution of public capital to private output using several meta-analytical techniques. Both fixed and random effects models are estimated by Weighted Least Squares. Sample overlap across studies is explicitly controlled for by employing a full' Generalized Least...

Infrastrukturen in Verkehrssektoren sind regelmäßig Gegenstand von Diskussionen um Marktversagen und Markteingriffe. Die in der EU verfolgten Regulierungsansätze und die daraus entstandene Regulierungslandschaft insbesondere in Verkehrssektoren sind dadurch divers: Während...