What kind of shock was it? Regional integration and structural change in Germany after unification

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-567

  Burda, Michael C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital mobility; Costs of adjustment; German reunification; Migration; Regional integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149108999     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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