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The Costs of Remoteness: Evidence from German Division and Reunification

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Redding, Stephen J, Sturm, Daniel M·2008·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.98.5.1766
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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 for 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 close to the East-West German border experienced a substantial decline in population growth relative to other West German cities. We show that the model can account for the quantitative magnitude of our findings and provide additional evidence against alternative possible explanations. (JEL F15, N94, R12, R23)

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Authors
Redding, S. J., & Sturm, D. M.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2008-11-01
Volume
98
Issue
5
Pages
1766-1797
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.98.5.1766
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W1524805905
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573
References
5
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47.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
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