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dc.contributor.authorPloeckl, Florianen
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-06T09:44:47Z-
dc.date.available2009-08-06T09:44:47Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/27005-
dc.description.abstractChanges in trade institutions, such as the abolishment of tariff barriers, have a potentially strong impact on economic development. The Zollverein, the 1834 customs union between German states, erased borders in much of central Europe. This paper investigates the Zollverein's economic impact through a study of urban population and its growth in the German state of Saxony. A model of the effect of market access on urban growth is combined with an extensive data set on town populations in Saxony and its neighbors as well as an improved distance measure based on GIS techniques, which take into account elevation patterns, roads, and rivers. The results show that Zollverein membership led to significantly higher growth for towns close to the border with fellow Zollverein member Thuringia. They also illustrate that natural resources affect town size but not the growth pattern after the Zollverein. The effects of changes in market access were reinforced through the impact on market access in other towns and they were stronger for larger towns as well. Migration was the predominant source of the differential growth pattern.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aYale University, Economic Growth Center |cNew Haven, CTen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCenter Discussion Paper |x966en
dc.subject.jelF15en
dc.subject.jelN93en
dc.subject.jelR12en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordZollvereinen
dc.subject.keywordsaxonyen
dc.subject.keywordcustoms unionen
dc.subject.keywordmarket accessen
dc.subject.keywordeconomic geographyen
dc.subject.keywordGISen
dc.subject.keyworddistance measurementen
dc.titleBorders, Market Size and Urban Growth, The Case of Saxon Towns and the Zollverein in the 19th Century-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn593452879en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:egc:wpaper:966en

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