The slow decline of East Germany

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-541

  Uhlig, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

German reunification; Labor market search; Migration; Network externalities; Regional economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349141738     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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