Zur finanzwissenschaftlichen Analyse der Entwicklung öffentlicher Aufgaben-Strukturen – Bericht über ein Forschungsprojekt
Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Diskussionsschriften aus dem Institut für Finanzwissenschaft der Universität Hamburg, Nr. 32,
1990
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Zukunft der Regionalentwicklung in Deutschland - welche Auswirkungen haben langfristige sektorale, technologische und gesellschaftliche Veränderungen?
Franz Kronthaler, Rupert Kawka, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Demographische Trends in Deutschland: Folgen für Städte und Regionen (Forschungs- und Sitzungsberichte der Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung, Band 226),
2006
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In jüngster Zeit werden bei der Frage nach der zukünftigen Entwicklung unserer Städte und Regionen in besonderem Maße die Auswirkungen des demographischen Wandels betont. Dies hat auch seine Ursachen darin, dass der demographische Wandel - hinsichtlich des allgemeinen Rückgangs der Bevölkerung sowie der zunehmenden Lebenserwartung - relativ exakt vorausgesagt werden kann. Darüber droht allerdings in Vergessenheit zu geraten, dass die langfristige Wirtschafts-, Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung auch von weiteren allgemeinen Trends erheblich beeinflusst wird. Entsprechende Trends sind u. a. die Globalisierung, der technologische Wandel speziell im Bereich der IuK-Technologien sowie Veränderungen in den gesellschaftlichen Werthaltungen. Den raumwirksamen Effekten dieser Veränderungen wird auf der Basis von regiononalökonomischen Theorien nachgegangen. Im Ergebnis kann gezeigt werden, dass von nahezu allen betrachteten Faktoren Kräfte in Richtung auf eine weitere Konzentration wirtschaftlicher Aktivitäten in den Agglomerationsräumen ausgehen.
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Where are the economic development cores of East Germany? Results of a survey of the focuses of branches, enterprise networks and innovative competence fields in the East German Regions
Peter Franz, Gerhard Heimpold, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Regionale Strukturpolitik - quo vadis?, Informationen zur Raumentwicklung, Heft 9,
No. 9,
2006
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The contribution presents the results of an empirical study conducted by the Halle Institute for Economic Research on behalf of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning. The study concerns the identification of “regional clusters” for all spatial planning regions in East Germany. As criteria to identify clusters, three components were taken into consideration: spatially concentrated industries, enterprise networks and innovative competence fields, whereas, for the purpose of identifying “clusters”, the networks and innovative competences have to show a co-incidence with the industry which is spatially concentrated. Cases of co-incidence of all three elements were categorised as economic development cores (or spots), i. e. as forms of spatially concentrated economic activities which show cluster-relevant qualities. For regions which possess economic development spots, the growth perspectives can be expected as more favourable in comparison with other regions. The findings show a particularly high concentration of economic development spots in the Berlin region as well as in the Federal States of Saxony and Thuringia, where the cities of Dresden, Leipzig, Erfurt and Chemnitz form delineating points within which a particularly high number of economic development spots are existent. As a consequence, the study might initiate a debate in favour of a stronger spatial concentration of regional policy measures instead of spreading the resources by “watering can principle”.
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Steuern auf Grundbesitz - Kann die Besteuerungspraxis in Kanada ein Vorbild für andere Länder sein?
Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Stärkung der subnationalen Steuerautonomie und intragovernmentale Transfers,
2007
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The article is evaluating the existing system of Property Taxation in Canada: how efficient is the system in general, and how is the Canadian Property Tax corresponding to the criteria for an efficient local taxation? The fiscal relevance of the Property Tax for Canada's cities is - as compared to other local revenues - much too high. But the Canadian Property Tax shows a lot of positive features. For local policymakers, the system of Property Taxation leads to strong incentives for measures which are able to increase or to stabilize the value of local property. In general, an adoption of some core features of the Canadian system of Property Taxation by European countries could be recommended.
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Was bringt die Wissenschaft für die Wirtschaft in einer Region?
Peter Franz, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld, Diana Roth
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 163,
2002
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Urban Growth in Germany – The Impact of Localization and Urbanization Economies
Christoph Hornych, Michael Schwartz, Annette Illy, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 19,
2009
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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 empirical studies do not show consistent results. Especially little is known about agglomeration economies in Germany, where interregional support policy and the characteristics of the federal system are further determinants of urban growth. The results of the econometric analysis show a U-shaped relationship between specialization and urban growth, which particularly holds for manufacturing industries. We do not find evidence for the impact of Jacobs-externalities; however, city size shows a positive (but decreasing) effect on urban growth.
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Reallocation of Competences between Local and Higher Levels of Government as so-called „Functional Reforms“: A Case of (De-) Centralization?
Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Fiscal Decentralization,
1987
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Public Research Institutions in East Germany: a Promising Base for Economic Upturn?
Gerhard Heimpold, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 15,
2001
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In the 1990s a lot was done to strengthen public research efforts in East Germany. The main indicators relating to public research reflect an ambivalent picture. Investment by universities and public research institutions outside the universities reached a higher level than in West Germany. However, there remains an East-West gap with respect to the capital stock. The per capita stock of R&D staff in the university sector reached almost the level in the old Länder. With respect to the university R&D in engineering sciences, among those fields of university research which are particularly business-related, per capita stock of staff as well as per capita investment in the Eastern German Länder are above the West German level. In university natural science the East-West pattern of the R&D input factors mentioned is reversed. The receipts of the universities acquired from research contracts, which may be used as an indicator to assess the quality of public research, reveal shortcomings. These shortcomings, though these have been partly caused by the transitional situation in East Germany`s universities, where new institutions were built up only gradually. The R&D institutions outside the universities are obviously better equipped than such institutions in West Germany.
The visible advantages offered by public sector research institutions in East Germany might be used much more intensively to foster the economic reconstruction in East Germany. In parallel with this, the remaining shortcomings of public R&D in East Germany should be eliminated. If reductions in universities´ capacities (due, for instance, to a declining number of persons who have a university entrance qualification) seem to be inevitable, the consequences of such restrictions should be carefully reconsidered.
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Öffentliche Finanzen im „Post-Welfare-State“
Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Diskussionsschriften aus dem Institut für Finanzwissenschaft der Universität Hamburg, Nr. 18 (mit Gunther Engelhardt, Birger P. Priddat, Frank Nullmeier und Eberhard Seifert),
1984
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