Redding, Stephen and Sturm, Daniel M. (2005) The costs of remoteness: evidence from German division and reunification. Political Economy and Public Policy Papers (PEPP/11). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
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Abstract
This paper exploits the division of Germany after the Second World War and the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 as a natural experiment to provide evidence of the importance of market access for economic development. In line with a standard new economic geography model, we find that following division cities in West Germany that were close to the new border between East and West Germany experienced a substantial decline in population growth relative to other West German cities. We provide several pieces of evidence that the decline of the border cities can be entirely accounted for by their loss in market access and is neither driven by differences in industrial structure nor differences in the degree of war related destruction. Finally, we also find some first evidence of a recovery of the border cities after the re-unification of East and West Germany.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | https://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/Politi... |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 The Author |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance Economics |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| JEL classification: | N - Economic History > N9 - Regional and Urban History > N94 - Europe: 1913- O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 19:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/3691 |
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