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Town Twinning and German City Growth

Brakman, Steven

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.

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Town Twinning and German City Growth

Brakman, Steven

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.

Town Twinning and German City Growth

Brakman, Steven

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.

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Title:

Town Twinning and German City Growth

Contributors:

Brakman, Steven (author) / Garretsen, Harry / Oumer, Abdella

Published in:

Regional studies ; 50

Publication date:

2016

ISSN:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2015.1023282

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

Keywords:

Regionalwissenschaft , Regionalwirtschaft , Zeitschrift , Regionalplanung , Raumordnung , Geografie , Regionalökonomik , Urbanistik , Regionalforschung , Welt , Theorie

Classification:

BKL: 74.71 Regionalplanung / 83.64 Regionalwirtschaft / 74.12 Stadtgeographie, Siedlungsgeographie
Local classification TIB: 275/6700

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