Ploeckl, Florian - In: Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013) 3, pp. 387-404
Tariffs can affect the growth of states. But how do they affect regional growth within states? Using Baden's 1836 entry into the Zollverein, the customs union of German states, I investigate the internal impact of a change in tariffs. With a new data set of regional employment data I demonstrate...