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The German city system
Spars, Guido; Naismith, Inès-Caroline - In: Understanding German real estate markets, (pp. 57-72). 2012
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Agglomerations, tasks and wage growth
Perl, Maximilian - 2023
Wage growth is stronger in larger cities, but this relationship holds exclusively for non-manual workers. Using rich German administrative data, I study the heterogeneity in the pecuniary value of big city experience, a measure of dynamic agglomeration economies, and its consequences for the...
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Specialization, diversity, competition and their impact on local economic growth in Germany
Illy, Annette; Schwartz, Michael; Hornych, Christoph; … - 2010
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Town twinning and German city growth
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Oumer, Abdella - 2014
After World War II, town twinning became popular, notably in Germany. This was mainly a reaction to the war experience … other countries. The contacts created by town twinning also resulted in increased international access of the cities …. In this paper we investigate the effects of town twinning on population growth in German counties and municipalities. Our …
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The strategic bombing of German cities during World War II and its impact on city growth
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2002
We construct a unique data set to analyze whether or not a large temporary shock had an impact on German city growth and city size distribution. Following recent work by Davis and Weinstein (2001) on Japan, we take the strategic bombing of German cities during WWII as our example of such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514015
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The strategic bombing of German cities during World War II and its impact on city growth
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2002
We construct a unique data set to analyze whether or not a large temporary shock had an impact on German city growth and city size distribution. Following recent work by Davis and Weinstein (2001) on Japan, we take the strategic bombing of German cities during WWII as our example of such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001712398
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Corona hat das Städtewachstum ausgebremst : die Einwohnerentwicklung deutscher Großstädte während der Corona-Pandemie
Rink, Dieter; Haase, Annegret; Leibert, Tim; Wolff, Manuel - 2021
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Cities in a pandemic : evidence from China
Baltagi, Badi H.; Deng, Ying; Li, Jing; Yang, Zhenlin - 2022
This paper studies the impact of urban density, city government efficiency, and medical resources on COVID-19 infection and death outcomes in China. We adopt a simultaneous spatial dynamic panel data model to account for (i) the simultaneity of infection and death outcomes, (ii) the spatial...
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Urban growth in Germany : the impact of localization and urbanization economies
Illy, Annette; Hornych, Christoph; Schwartz, Michael; … - 2009
Untersuchung für die Städte in Deutschland deuten auf eine Uförmige Beziehung zwischen Spezialisierung und Stadtwachstum hin …
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The IOC's midas touch : Summer Olympics and city growth
Nitsch, Volker; Wendland, Nicolai - 2013
Hosting a mega-event is a costly activity of short duration. Still, cities frequently compete to become host of all types of events. This paper examines the effect of staging the largest and most important sporting event in the world, the Summer Olympic Games, on the host city. Applying a...
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