The strategic bombing of German cities during World War II and its impact on city growth

被引：200

作者：

Brakman, S

Garretsen, H

Schramm, M

机构：

[1] Univ Utrecht, Utrecht Sch Econ, NL-3511 BG Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] Univ Groningen, Dept Econ, NL-9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands

[3] Univ Nijmegen, Ctr German Studies CDS, NL-6500 HD Nijmegen, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY | 2004年 / 4卷 / 02期

关键词：

German city growth; World War II shock;

D O I：

10.1093/jeg/4.2.201

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We construct a unique data set in order to analyse whether or not a large temporary shock has an impact on city growth. Following recent work by Davis and Weinstein on Japan, we take the strategic bombing of German cities during World War II as an example of such a shock, and analyse its impact on post-war German city growth. If the war shock has only a temporary impact, then there will be a tendency towards mean reversion. Our main finding is that the bombing had a significant but temporary impact on post-war city growth in Germany as a whole as well as in West Germany separately, but that this is not the case for city growth in East Germany.

引用

页码：201 / 218

页数：18

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