Eine Weiße-Flecken-Auktion ist ein Verfahren, Unternehmen zu bestimmen, die die Flächendeckung mit leistungsstarken Mobilfunkdiensten sicherstellen. Mit der Weiße-Flecken-Auktion würden in einem transparenten, nachvollziehbaren und diskriminierungsfreien Verfahren Unternehmen bestimmt, die...

This paper exploits changes in the course of the Yellow River in China to isolate exogenous variation in the natural distribution of economic centers across space and over 2,000 years. Using original data on population and taxation from dynastic histories and local gazetteers, I assess the...

In this study we analyze the convergence of GDP per capita from 2000 to2013 (current prices and euro exchange rates) for eight countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) of the European Union (CEE8). Some convergence indicators are also...

Being rich of crucial minerals might be a leading determinant of local economic development. On the other hand, intensive extraction might prove to negatively affect the health and wealth of people living close to mineral deposits and the surrounding environment. I examine the effects that local...

Die "Schaffung gleichwertiger Lebensverhältnisse" ist erklärtes Ziel deutscher Regionalpolitik. Betrachtet man den wohl gängigsten Indikator zur Messung des Wohlstands, das Bruttoinlandsprodukt pro Kopf, so zeigt sich für das Jahr 2017 ein hohes Ausmaß an Ungleichheit. Der Westen...

What's left from the new economy? This book takes an unfashionable perspective and shows that despite all the mistaken ideas and exaggerations, the technological changes of the 1990s still have important effects today. Economic history shows that technological revolutions tend to generate deep...

We present new statistical indicators of the structure and performance of US banks from 1990 to today, geographically disaggregated at the level of individual counties. The constructed data set (20 indicators for some 3150 counties over 31 years, for a total of about 2 million data points)...