This paper studies whether people's perception of improvements in local air quality are reflected in the housing market based on comprehensive data on real estate prices from Germany. Using a quasi-experimental research design, we exploit the staggered introduction of Low Emission Zones (LEZs)...

This paper analyzes whether the expansion of regional airports in Germany caused positive spillover effects on the surrounding economies, exploiting the deregulation of the European aviation market as a quasi-experiment. Such potential spillovers are often used as an argument for the substantial...

Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen: Die 450 Milliarden Euro schwere Regionalförderung der EU hat keine positive Wirkung auf das Wachstum. - Die EU-Strukturfonds machen in der Finanzperiode von 2014 bis 2020 erstmals den größten Haushaltsposten der Europäischen Union (EU) aus. Bisherige...

Transport infrastructure is viewed as an important determinant of regional growth and development. While this prediction especially holds from a theoretical perspective based on endogenous growth theories, from an empirical perspective it is not easy to verify this causal link, though. The main...

The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are the prime instrument of EU regional policy. European policy makers place considerable hope into their growth stimulating funding measures to overcome current economic stagnation. Consequently, there is a strong need for credible evidence...

Die EU-Strukturfonds machen in der Finanzperiode von 2014 bis 2020 erstmals den größten Haushaltsposten der Europäischen Union (EU) aus. Bisherige Evaluationen zur Wirksamkeit der Förderung zeigen widersprüchliche Ergebnisse. Eine neue, robuste Studie des RWI findet keine positiven...

We use the case of EU enlargement in 2004 to investigate the impact of economic integration on regional income growth. Being particularly interested in studying the effects ‘at the margin’, we track the relative performance of regions adjacent to both sides of the integration border...