Town Twinning and German City Growth

Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen and Abdella Oumer

Regional Studies, 2016, vol. 50, issue 8, 1420-1432

Abstract: Brakman S., Garretsen H. and Oumer A. Town twinning and German city growth, Regional Studies. After the Second World War, town twinning became popular, notably in Germany. This was mainly a reaction to the war experience, and it was initially aimed at creating renewed international understanding and cooperation between former enemies. It also reduced transaction costs. The results show that counties that engage in town twinning grow faster than cities that do not have twinning partners. In particular, both the number and the intensity of twinning relations as well as town twinning with French cities positively affect city growth. Positive population growth effects of town twinning are also mostly confined to the larger German cities.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1023282

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