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    Kroismayr S, Tuitjer G, Machold I, Mahon M (2025) Arts and culture for a sustainable future in rural areas. Eur Countryside 17(2):228-233, DOI:10.2478/euco-2025-0013

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069939.pdf

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    Muder A, Staniszewski J (2025) Efficiency and technology gap in European apple production - a metafrontier model for Germany, Italy, and Poland. Agribusiness: Online First, Apr 2025, DOI:10.1002/agr.22047

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069688.pdf

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    Zofío JL, Diaz-Lanchas J, Persyn D, Barbero J (2025) Estimating national and foreign trade elasticities using generalized transport costs. J Regional Sci 65(2):471-496, DOI:10.1111/jors.12746

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069240.pdf

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    Hipp A, Ludwig U, Günther J (2025) Innovation and growth of a socialist economy: New evidence from revised data. Eastern Eur Econ 63(2):182-203, DOI:10.1080/00128775.2024.2322949

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    Wessendorf C, Kopka A, Fornahl D (2025) Key enabling technologies (KETs) in the technological space: embeddedness and regional knowledge creation. Eur Planning Stud 33(2):161-182, DOI:10.1080/09654313.2024.2420857

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069054.pdf

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    Frankenberg D, Junkernheinrich M, Micosatt G (2025) Kommunalfinanzen im Jahr 2024 : massiver Einbruch und multiple Krisenstrategie. Jb für öffentl Finanzen 1(1):282-312, DOI:10.35998/joefin-2025-0002

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    Lengerer F (2025) Local community participation of older village residents : social differences and the role of expectations. J Rural Studies 115:103591, DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103591

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069661.pdf

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    Zofío JL, Barbero J, Diaz-Lanchas J, Persyn D (2025) National and foreign trade elasticities : a spatial econometrics approach. Reg Stud 59(1):2469608, DOI:10.1080/00343404.2025.2469608

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069733.pdf

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    Runst P, Thomä J (2025) Personality traits and the likelihood of self-employment : a journey into the crafts' way of doing business. GER 26(3):229-265, DOI:10.1515/ger-2024-0033

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069586.pdf

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    Niebuhr A, Peters JC (2025) Regional cultural diversity and firm innovation : important effects of heterogeneity or merely sorting? In: Andersson M, Karlsson C, Wixe S (eds) The Oxford handbook of spatial diversity and business economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 317-343, DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198866190.013.0013

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    Leick B, Tuitjer G (2025) Relevance and rigour with qualitative entrepreneurship research: a literature-review based discussion. Entrepreneurship Res J 15(3):643-698, DOI:10.1515/erj-2024-0089

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    Tuitjer G, Thompson NA (2025) Rural entrepreneurship as-practice : a framework for research beyond stereotypical notions of entrepreneurial agency and contextual constraints. Entrepreneurship Reg Dev 37(9-10):1102-1116, DOI:10.1080/08985626.2025.2475890

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069935.pdf

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    Tuitjer L, Müller A-L, Tuitjer G (2025) Social infrastructures in times of corona: Exploring the ambiguities of sociality, practices, and materiality. Space and Culture 28(4):509-522, DOI:10.1177/12063312231210110

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067495.pdf

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    Runst P, Thomä J (2025) The R&D risk-return trade-off : exploring the diversity of young innovative firms. Eur Planning Stud 33(6):872-898, DOI:10.1080/09654313.2025.2523998

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    Shevtsova Y, Diaz-Lanchas J, Persyn D, Mandras G (2025) Trade spillover effects of transport infrastructure investments : a structural gravity analysis for EU regions. Reg Stud 59(1):2441231, DOI:10.1080/00343404.2024.2441231

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069239.pdf

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    Bergholz C, Sternberg R, Stolz L, Bersch J (2025) Unemployment as a driver of entrepreneurship in Eastern and Western Germany. Reg Stud 59(1):2511713, DOI:10.1080/00343404.2025.2511713

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn069941.pdf

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    Bischoff I, Bergholz C, Haug P, Melch S (2024) Does intense tax competition boost public acceptance for inter-municipal cooperation? Evidence from a survey among German citizens and local politicians. J Econ Pol Reform 27(2):140-161, DOI:10.1080/17487870.2024.2333306

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068168.pdf

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    Niebuhr A, Peters JC, Roth D (2024) Dynamic agglomeration effects of foreigners and natives - The role of experience in high-quality sectors, tasks and establishments. Reg Sci Urban Econ 108:104040, DOI:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2024.104040

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068529.pdf

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    Frankenberg D, Korioth S, Lenk T, Ranscht-Ostwald A, Scheller H, Woisin M (eds) (2024) Finanz- und Haushaltspolitik im Krisenmodus - Kommunen als Garanten der öffentlichen Daseinsvorsorge im Bundesstaat : Festschrift zu Ehren von Martin Junkernheinrich. 1. Auflage. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverl, 468 p, Schr Öff Verwalt Öff Wirtsch 261

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    Adomako S, Medase SK, Zhang SX (2024) How and when adversity breeds ingenuity in an emerging market: Environmental threats, co-innovation, and frugal innovation. Res Policy 53(8):105061, DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2024.105061

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068463.pdf

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    Bergholz C, Füner L, Lubczyk M, Sternberg R, Bersch J (2024) Infrastructure required, skill needed: Digital entrepreneurship in rural and urban areas. JBV Insights 22:e00488, DOI:10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00488

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068684.pdf

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    Langenmayr D, Simmler M (2024) JUE insight: Expectations about future tax rates and firm entry. J Urban Econ 142:103666, DOI:10.1016/j.jue.2024.103666

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068290.pdf

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    Muder A, Luckmann J, Schmid JC (2024) Large-scale agricultural investments and local food security - Evidence from a mixed-method case study in Benin. Food Security 16(2):511-531, DOI:10.1007/s12571-023-01429-6

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067778.pdf

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    Gauß P, Kortenhaus M, Riedel N, Simmler M (2024) Leveling the playing field: Constraints on multinational profit shifting and the performance of national firms. J Publ Econ 234:105116, DOI:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105116

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068291.pdf

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    Hipp A, Jindra B, Medase SK (2024) Overcoming barriers to technology transfer: empirical evidence from the German Democratic Republic. J Technol Transfer 49(5):1787-1821, DOI:10.1007/s10961-023-10055-5

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067610.pdf

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    Reher L, Runst P, Thomä J (2024) Personality and regional innovativeness: An empirical analysis of German patent data. Res Policy 53(6):105006, DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2024.105006

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068175.pdf

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    Ludwig U, Hipp A, Medase SK (2024) The influence of technical progress on economic growth in the GDR. In: Günther J, Jajesniak-Quast D, Ludwig U, Wagener H-J (eds) Roadblocks to the socialist modernization path and transition : Evidence from East Germany and Poland. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 63-90, DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-37050-2_3

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067611.pdf

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    Meister M, Peters JC, Rossen A (2024) Welcome back! The impact of 'return initiatives' on return migration to rural regions. J Econ Geogr 24(5):759-784, DOI:10.1093/jeg/lbae028

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068655.pdf

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    Bergmann H, Hundt C, Obschonka M, Sternberg R (2024) What drives solo and team startups at European universities? The interactive role of entrepreneurial climate, gender, and entrepreneurship course participation. Stud High Educ 49(7):1269-1289, DOI:10.1080/03075079.2023.2263477

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066941.pdf

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    Nolte K, Schaefer KJ (2024) Widening the gap? Evidence from Germany for changes in the attitude behaviour gap for transportation during COVID-19. J Transp Geogr 118:103940, DOI:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103940

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068524.pdf

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    Frankenberg D, Micosatt G (2024) Wie viel ist zu viel? Abundanzumlagen als Instrument zur Stärkung interkommunaler Solidarität? Schr Öff Verwalt Öff Wirtsch 261:213-233

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    Lecca P, Persyn D, Sakkas S (2023) Capital-skill complementarity and regional inequality: A spatial general equilibrium analysis. Reg Sci Urban Econ 102:103937, DOI:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2023.103937

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    Devereux MP, Paraknewitz J, Simmler M (2023) Empirical evidence on the global minimum tax : what is a critical mass and how large is the substance-based income exclusion? Fiscal studies 44(1):9-21, DOI:10.1111/1475-5890.12317

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066168.pdf

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    Frankenberg D, Junkernheinrich M, Micosatt G (2023) Entstehung und Abbau struktureller Defizite: Fiskalische Krisenbewältigung am Beispiel des Stärkungspakts Stadtfinanzen. Schr Öff Verwalt Öff Wirtsch 257:275-299, DOI:10.35998/9783830555704-16

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    Lengerer F, Haartsen T, Steinführer A (2023) Exploring justice in the process of redesigning local development strategies for LEADER: Representation, distribution, and recognition. World 4(1): 56-79, DOI:10.3390/world4010005

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065979.pdf

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    Bischoff TS, Hipp A, Runst P (2023) Firm innovation and generalized trust as a regional resource. Res Policy 52(8):104813, DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2023.104813

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066568.pdf

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    Meister M, Niebuhr A, Peters JC, Stiller J (2023) Local attributes and migration balance - evidence for different age and skill groups from a machine learning approach. Reg Sci Pol Pract 15(4):794-825, DOI:10.1111/rsp3.12652

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066053.pdf

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    Margarian A, Hundt C (2023) One economy, but different growth regimes: why Germany’s rural east is still lagging. Competitiveness review 33(7):1-21, DOI:10.1108/CR-09-2022-0130

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065950.pdf

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    Muder A, Dreisiebner-Lanz S, Garming H, Heuschkel Z, Schmitz C, Zimmermann L (2023) Rentabilität der Apfelproduktion im Rheinland und in der Steiermark - eine vergleichende Analyse. DGG Proc Short Comm 11(4), DOI:10.5288/dgg-pr-11-04-am-2023

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067670.pdf

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    Staniszewski J, Muder A (2023) Structural and weather-related factors of the sustainable intensification process in agriculture of the European Union regions. Agric Econ = Zemedelská ekonomika 69(10):385-393, DOI:10.17221/235/2023-AGRICECON

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067155.pdf

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    Persyn D, Barbero J, Diaz-Lanchas J, Lecca P, Mandras G, Salotti S (2023) The ripple effects of large-scale transport infrastructure investment. J Regional Sci 63(4):755-792, DOI:10.1111/jors.12639

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066236.pdf

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    Dirksmeier P, Nolte K, Mewes L, Tuitjer L (2023) The role of climate change awareness for trust in institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. Environ Res Lett 18(9):094043, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/acf0d6

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066838.pdf

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    Muder A, Garming H, Dreisiebner-Lanz S, Kerngast K, Rosner F, Klickova K, Kurthy G, Cimer K, Bertazzoli A, Altamura V, De Ros G, Zmarlicki K, de Belem Costa Freitas M, Duarte A, Bravin E, Kambor J, Karamürsel D, Pinar Öztürk F, Kacal E (2022) Apple production and apple value chains in Europe. Eur J Hort Sci 87(6):1-22, DOI:10.17660/eJHS.2022/059

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065896.pdf

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    Tuitjer AL, Tuitjer G, Müller A-L (2022) Buycotting to save the neighbourhood? : exploring the altered meaning of social infrastructures of consumption during the Covid-19 crisis in Linden, Hannover, Germany. Soc Cult Geogr 24(3-4):640-660, DOI:10.1080/14649365.2022.2115537

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    Persyn D, Diaz-Lanchas J, Barbero J (2022) Estimating road transport costs between and within European Union regions. Transport Pol 124(Aug. 2022):33-42, DOI:10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.006

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064921.pdf

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    Frankenberg D, Junkernheinrich M (2022) Gefördert und überfordert? Belastungsschwerpunkte und Reformvorschläge für das kommunale Förderwesen. Schr Öff Verwalt Öff Wirtsch 254:389-403, DOI:10.35998/joefin-2022-0008

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    Tuitjer G (2022) Growing beyond the niche? How machines link production and networking practices of small rural food businesses. Entrepreneurship Reg Dev 34(5-6):471-485, DOI:10.1080/08985626.2022.2062619

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064966.pdf

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    Bischof S, Lengerer F, Meyer F (2022) Interaktionsspuren im digitalen Raum : zum Spannungsfeld von Öffentlichkeit und Anonymität in qualitativen Forschungsprozessen. Forum Qual Sozialforsch 23(3):9, DOI:10.17169/fqs-23.3.3893

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065420.pdf

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    Tuitjer G, Küpper P (2022) Local and vertical networking as drivers of innovativeness and growth in rural businesses. J Rural Studies 95:412-422, DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.014

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    Hundt C, Grün L (2022) Resilience and specialization - How German regions weathered the Great Recession. ZFW - Adv Econ Geogr 66(2):96-110, DOI:10.1515/zfw-2021-0014

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064759.pdf

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    Lengerer F, Steinführer A, Haartsen T (2022) To participate, or not to participate - That is the question. (Non-)participation of older residents in rural communities. J Rural Studies 91:47-57, DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.02.008

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064696.pdf

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    Tuitjer G (2021) Kurze Ketten im Lebensmittelbereich : Herausforderungen und Potenziale von verschiedenen Typen von Short Food Supply Chains. Standort Z Angew Geogr 45:181-186, DOI:10.1007/s00548-021-00704-y

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063634.pdf

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    Tuitjer G, Steinführer A (2021) The scientific construction of the village. Framing and practicing rural research in a trend study in Germany, 1952–2015. J Rural Studies 82:489-499, DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.12.006

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    Holtermann L, Hundt C, Steeger J, Bersch J (2021) The utilization of cluster externalities and recessionary shocks. Ind Corporate Change 30(1):19-48, DOI:10.1093/icc/dtaa042

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    Peters JC (2020) Dynamic agglomeration economies and learning by working in specialised regions. J Econ Geogr 20(3):629-651, DOI:10.1093/jeg/lbz022

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    Tuitjer G, Küpper P (2020) How knowledge-based local and global networks foster innovations in rural areas. J Innovation Econ 33(3):9-29, DOI:10.3917/jie.033.0009

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    Niebuhr A, Peters JC (2020) Population diversity and regional economic growth. In: Fischer MM, Nijkamp P (eds) Handbook of Regional Science. 2nd ed. Heidelberg; Berlin: Springer, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-36203-3_128-1

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    Niebuhr A, Peters JC, Schmidke A (2020) Spatial sorting of innovative firms and heterogeneous effects of agglomeration on innovation in Germany. J Technol Transfer 45:1343-1375, DOI:10.1007/s10961-019-09755-8

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    Hundt C, Holtermann L (2020) The role of national settings in the economic resilience of regions - Evidence from recessionary shocks in Europe from 1990 to 2014. Growth Change 51(1):180-206, DOI:10.1111/grow.12356

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn061895.pdf

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    Niebuhr A, Peters JC (2020) Workforce composition and individual wages - An employer-employee data analysis. Brit J Ind Relat 58(3):719-742, DOI:10.1111/bjir.12519

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn061917.pdf

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    Bergholz C, Bischoff I (2019) Citizens’ support for inter-municipal cooperation: evidence from a survey in the German state of Hesse. Appl Econ 51(12):1268-1283, DOI:10.1080/00036846.2018.1527444

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    Hamann S, Niebuhr A, Peters JC (2019) Does the urban wage premium differ by pre-employment status? Reg Stud 53(10):1435-1446, DOI:10.1080/00343404.2019.1577553

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    Tuitjer G (2018) A house of one's own - The Eigenheim within rural women's biographies. J Rural Studies 62:156-163, DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.08.002

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    Pudelko F, Hundt C, Holtermann L (2018) Gauging two sides of regional economic resilience in Western Germany - Why sensitivity and recovery should not be lumped together. Rev Reg Res 38(2):141-189, DOI:10.1007/s10037-018-0124-4

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    Bergholz C (2018) Inter-municipal cooperation in the case of spillovers: evidence from Western German municipalities. Local Gov Stud 44(1 (Spec. Iss.)):22-43, DOI:10.1080/03003930.2017.1403902

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    Küpper P, Kundolf S, Mettenberger T, Tuitjer G (2018) Rural regeneration strategies for declining regions: trade-off between novelty and practicability. Eur Planning Stud 26(2):229-255, DOI:10.1080/09654313.2017.1361583

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    Bergmann H, Geissler M, Hundt C, Grave B (2018) The climate for entrepreneurship at higher education institutions. Res Policy 47(4):700-716, DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2018.01.018

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    Edler D, Hundt C (2018) Wirtschaftliche und urbane Transformation in Tallinn : der Wandel zentrumsnaher Industrieareale. Geogr Rundsch 70(9):42-46

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    Peters JC (2017) The impact of age complementarities and learning externalities on labor productivity: evidence from German Micro Data. Kiel: Univ Kiel, Kiel, Univ Wirtschafts- und Sozialwiss, Diss, 2016

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