Does administrative status matter for urban growth? Evidence from present and former county capitals in East Germany
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- Bastian Heider & Martin T. W. Rosenfeld & Albrecht Kauffmann, 2018. "Does Administrative Status Matter for Urban Growth? Evidence from Present and Former County Capitals in East Germany," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(1), pages 33-54, March.
- Bastian Heider & Martin T.W. Rosenfeld & Albrecht Kauffmann, 2016. "Does administrative status matter for urban growth? Evidence from present and former county capitals in East Germany," ERSA conference papers ersa16p308, European Regional Science Association.
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Keywords
urban economic growth; centrality; institutions; public sector; East Germany; post-socialist cities; capital cities; county towns; county government reform;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies
- R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
- R5 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2016-07-23 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-URE-2016-07-23 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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