This paper examines the causal effect of a change in the nomination scheme of the city manager from appointment by the local council to election by the citizens on urban development policies. Using the fact that the timing of the reform was as good as random in municipalities of the German state...

In Baden-Württemberg, wie auch in Deutschland insgesamt und zahlreichen westlichen Industriestaaten, ist ein demographischer Konzentrationstrend zugunsten der Metropolregionen nachweisbar. Die Suburbanisierung als intraregionale Dekonzentration hat in den baden-württembergischen Stadtregionen...

Recently, the channels of citizen participation in Germany with regard to governmental processes are subject to change. Classical interaction between politicians and citizens still takes place. However, there are new tools for participation at hand as well. One interesting channel that attracted...

In this article we suppose that the integration of accessibility and neighborhood variables in hedonic housing models doesn't allow to take into account the spatial effects between the housing prices. Using a sample of 1520 transactions of apartments in the urban area of Dijon, we focus on two...

This paper examines the causal effect of a change in the nomination scheme of the city manager from appointment by the local council to election by the citizens on urban development policies. Using the fact that the timing of the reform was as good as random in municipalities of the German state...

Recently, the channels of citizen participation in Germany with regard to governmental processes are subject to change. Classical interaction between politicians and citizens still takes place. However, there are new tools for participation at hand as well. One interesting channel that attracted...

This paper examines the causal effect of a change in the nomination scheme of the city manager from appointment by the local council to election by the citizens on urban development policies. Using the fact that the timing of the reform was as good as random in municipalities of the German state...

In Baden-Württemberg, wie auch in Deutschland insgesamt und zahlreichen westlichen Industriestaaten, ist ein demographischer Konzentrationstrend zugunsten der Metropolregionen nachweisbar. Die Suburbanisierung als intraregionale Dekonzentration hat in den baden-württembergischen Stadtregionen...