caa a22 4500 475840321 CHVBK 20180406123859.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005151611464 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005151611464 Dascher Kristof Europa-Universität Viadrina, Postfach 776, D-15207, Frankfurt (Oder) aut Are Politics and Geography Related?: Evidence from a Cross-Section of Capital Cities [Elektronische Daten] [Kristof Dascher] With a few prominent exceptions, a capital city is typically alsothe biggest city of its country. This might suggest that a capitalcity is more attractive than other cities because of thecapital city function. In the paper, we test this hypothesis bylooking at employment growth in a sample of capital cities.Employment growth might indicate outmigration from the politicalhinterland and immigration into the capital city. Specifically, welook at a sample of regional capitals that consists of West-Germancounty seats. These county seats underwent reform in the latesixties and early seventies. In this sample, we can rejectthe idea that the county capital role does not have apositive influence on local employment growth. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 105/3-4(2000-12-01), 373-392 0048-5829 105:3-4<373 2000 105 11127 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005151611464 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005151611464 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Dascher Kristof Europa-Universität Viadrina, Postfach 776, D-15207, Frankfurt (Oder) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 105/3-4(2000-12-01), 373-392 0048-5829 105:3-4<373 2000 105 11127 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer