The Long-lasting Shadow of the Allied Occupation of Austria on its Spatial Equilibrium

Christoph Eder and Martin Halla

VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking from Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

Abstract: After World War II, Austria was divided into four occupation zones for 10 years. We exploit the migration shock out of the Soviet zone to understand why economic activity is distributed unevenly in space. We show that the distorted population distribution has fully persisted until now. More direct measures of economic activity show an even higher concentration in the former non-Soviet zone. This gap in economic activity is growing over time, mainly due to commuting out of the former Soviet zone.

JEL-codes: R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Working Paper: The Long-lasting Shadow of the Allied Occupation of Austria on its Spatial Equilibrium (2016)
Working Paper: The Long-lasting Shadow of the Allied Occupation of Austria on its Spatial Equilibrium (2016)
Working Paper: The Long-lasting Shadow of the Allied Occupation of Austria on its Spatial Equilibrium (2016)
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