A century of shocks: The evolution of the German city size distribution 1925–1999

This paper uses empirical evidence on the evolution and structure of the West-German city size distribution to assess the relevance of three different theories of urban growth. The West-German case is of particular interest as Germany's urban system has been subject to some of history's la...

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Published in:Regional science and urban economics 2008-07, Vol.38 (4), p.330-347
Main Authors: Bosker, Maarten, Brakman, Steven, Garretsen, Harry, Schramm, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Cities
City size
City size distributions
Community policing
Distribution
Economic growth
Economic history
Economic theory
Experiments
Germany (West)
Gibrat's Law
Growth models
Panel unit root tests
Returns to scale
Studies
Unit root
Urban areas
Urban development
Urban growth
Urban structure
Zipf's Law
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