12
DEC
2016
14:15
- 15:45
IWH Research Seminar
The Persistent Effects of Place-based Policy: Evidence from the West-German Zonenrandgebiet
Who
Tobias Seidel
(Universität Duisburg-Essen)
Where
IWH conference room
We show that temporary place-based subsidies generate persistent effects on economic density. As our design allows us to control for agglomeration economies, we attribute an important role to policy-induced locational advantage (e. g. capital structures) in explaining persistent spatial patterns of economic activity.
