The strategic bombing of German cities during World War II and its impact on city growth
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- 1 April 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Geography
- Vol. 4 (2) , 201-218
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/4.2.201
Abstract
We construct a unique data set in order to analyse whether or not a large temporary shock has an impact on city growth. Following recent work by Davis and Weinstein on Japan, we take the strategic bombing of German cities during World War II as an example of such a shock, and analyse its impact on post-war German city growth. If the war shock has only a temporary impact, then there will be a tendency towards mean reversion. Our main finding is that the bombing had a significant but temporary impact on post-war city growth in Germany as a whole as well as in West Germany separately, but that this is not the case for city growth in East Germany.Keywords
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