eprintid: 32871
rev_number: 20
eprint_status: archive
userid: 3114
dir: disk0/00/03/28/71
datestamp: 2023-02-14 13:06:02
lastmod: 2023-06-27 06:24:45
status_changed: 2023-02-14 13:06:02
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Klein, Marius
creators_name: Rauch, Ferdinand
title: Market Access and the Arrow of Time
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-181000
keywords: Market Access, Iron Curtain
abstract: We revisit the natural experiments of division and unification of Germany now that more time has passed and more data have become available. We show that local market access shocks are not symmetric in time. The negative shock to local market access following the division of Germany lead to a fast and strong downward adjustment of the size of West-German cities near the new border. In contrast, the positive shock of reunification did not lead to any change in their relative size, even three decades after the German reunification.
date: 2023
publisher: Universität
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00032871
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0724
ppn_swb: 1835745172
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-328712
language: eng
bibsort: KLEINMARIUMARKETACCE20230201
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series
volume: 0724
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
pages: 18
citation:   Klein, Marius ; Rauch, Ferdinand  (2023) Market Access and the Arrow of Time.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/32871/7/Klein_Rauch_2023_dp724.pdf