Regional Production in Border Areas
Ulrich Blum
Regional Research in an International Perspective,
1984
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Review on: Sectoral Economic Structure and the Development of Industrial Employment in the Regions of the Federal Republic of Germany, by J. Müller
Ulrich Blum
Externe Publikationen,
1984
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Regional Development and Investments in the Infrastructure - the Evaluation of Conflicting Impacts
Ulrich Blum, R. Funck
Externe Publikationen,
1983
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Regional Development and Infrastructure Investments
Ulrich Blum, R. Funck
Externe Publikationen,
1983
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Explaining Regional Disparities in Housing Prices across German Districts
Lars Brausewetter, Stephan L. Thomsen, Johannes Trunzer
IZA Institute of Labor Economics,
March
2022
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Over the last decade, German housing prices have increased unprecedentedly. Drawing on quality-adjusted housing price data at the district level, we document large and increasing regional disparities: growth rates were higher in 1) the largest seven cities, 2) districts located in the south, and 3) districts with higher initial price levels. Indications of price bubbles are concentrated in the largest cities and in the purchasing market. Prices seem to be driven by the demand side: increasing population density, higher shares of academically educated employees and increasing purchasing power explain our findings, while supply remained relatively constrained in the short term.
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Place-based Industrial Policies and Credit Markets: Evidence from the Former East and West Germany
Aleksandr Kazakov, Michael Koetter
EBRD Transition Report,
2024
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The Transition Report 2024-25 focuses on industrial policies in the EBRD regions and beyond. Such policies have seen a resurgence, seeking to address market failures such as environmental degradation. However, their track record is mixed. Their growing popularity is shaped primarily by domestic political economy considerations and rising geopolitical tensions. While industrial policies are typically employed by higher-income economies, they are also now used more frequently in economies with less administrative and fiscal capacity to implement them.
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