Are Politics and Geography Related? Evidence from a Cross-Section of Capital Cities

Kristof Dascher

Public Choice, 2000, vol. 105, issue 3-4, 373-92

Abstract: With a few prominent exceptions, a capital city is typically also the biggest city of its country. This might suggest that a capital city is more attractive than other cities because of the capital city function. In the paper, we test this hypothesis by looking at employment growth in a sample of capital cities. Employment growth might indicate outmigration from the political hinterland and immigration into the capital city. Specifically, we look at a sample of regional capitals that consists of West-German county seats. These county seats underwent reform in the late sixties and early seventies. In this sample, we can reject the idea that the county capital role does not have a positive influence on local employment growth. Copyright 2000 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Date: 2000
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