Regarding technological innovativeness, the transformed economy of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) clearly lags behind the Western part of the country. To face this weakness, a broad mixture of policy measures was carried out in recent years. Particular attention is drawn to the...

This study examines the impact of localization and urbanization economies as well as the impact of city size on urban growth in German cities from 2003 to 2007. Although, from a theoretical perspective, agglomeration economies are supposed to have positive impacts on regional growth, prior...

Sind Regionen mit einer hohen industriellen Konzentration in Ostdeutschland innovativer als weniger spezialisierte Regionen? Dieser Frage geht der vorliegende Beitrag im Rahmen einer empirischen Analyse der regionsspezifischen Patentanmeldungen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in den Neuen...