The paper proposes an econometric approach for quantifying jointly the geographical scope of commuting as well as the … using land prices to measure their aggregate effects, the approach estimates the geographical reach of commuting and urban … areas may be larger than suggested by MSA classifications based on commuting only. Metropolitan subcenters are found to …

and households and the aggregate economy of Germany. We adopt alternative micro-foundations for agglomeration economies … Germany's labor markets, housing rents, and household travel-to-work data, to estimate the population elasticities of urban … benefits and costs. We are the first to establish elasticities for urban costs for Germany, an estimated elasticity of …

, in order to increase public acceptance of wind power. Germany’s largest federal state Bavaria introduced such separation … construction permits for wind turbines constructed in Germany between 2010 and 2018. We use this dataset to evaluate the causal …