We analyze the impacts of three major unexpected border regime changes that occurred during the course of 20th century on population growth along the Austrian-Czech border. Using historical municipal-level census data reaching back to 1880, we find no effects of the dissolution of the...

We estimate a linear approximation of the market potential function derived in geography and trade models. Using a spatial econometric estimation approach, border effects can be identified by a differential impact of neighboring regions' purchasing power, depending on whether two regions are...

The migration literature shows that cross-border skill transfer is associated with a risk of increased job-education mismatch. This paper examines whether the problems of job-education mismatch often found among migrants also apply to cross-border commuters and compares cross-border commuters to...

Siegertypen zwischen Talent und Burnout -- Bis zur Erschöpfung: Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektivwechsel -- Hinter dem Druck: Nur starke Teams halten dem Druck Stand -- Was auf dem Spiel steht: Dauerstress und schleichendes Versagen -- Merkmale eines Siegers: Persönlichkeitsprofile, individuelle...