Infrastructure, institutions and identity - Determinants of regional development: Empirical evidence from Germany

Bericht

Stefanie Gäbler prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy. The study was completed in March 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of six distinct empirical essays investigating various aspects of regional development using data from Germany. Chapters 2 and 3 investigate the impact of transport infrastructure in the form of an regional airport and highway expansion. Chapters 4 and 5 examine institutions at the local level, namely local public accounting standards and local election systems. Chapter 6 deals with the topic of regional identity. The chapters employ difference-in-differences, event study and synthetic control estimations to answer the respective research questions.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-3-95942-088-4
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung ; No. 91

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; Publicly Provided Goods: General ; National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock ; State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: General ; State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue ; State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions ; Public Administration; Public Sector Accounting and Audits ; Air Transportation ; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure ; Regional Government Analysis: General ; Cultural Economics: Other ; Tourism: Policy
• Thema: Airports ; tourism ; regional development ; transportation infrastructure ; highway ; accessibility ; tax factors ; municipalities ; local government ; fiscal rules ; public accounting ; budget transparency ; sustainability ; government efficiency ; accountability ; direct election ; constitutions ; government form ; economic performances ; public services ; common identity ; regional identity ; formation of identity ; voter turnout ; Germany ; GDR ; reunification ; synthetic control method ; differences-in-differences ; event studies

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Gäbler, Stefanie
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München
• (wo): München
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/231646
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ