Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED)

CRED Research Papers

The CRED Research Papers present research results for discussion. These papers are also accessible through the RePEc database. They offer an opportunity to make research results accessible to an international audience at the working paper stage.

2024

CRED Research Paper No. 46 - The Importance of EU Cohesion Policy for Economic Growth and Convergence (PDF, by Maximilian v. Ehrlich, 712KB)

2023

CRED Research Paper No. 45 - The Investment Competition among Swiss Ski Areas (PDF, by Pascal Troxler, Monika Bandi Tanner and Marcus Roller, 4.1 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 44 - The Development of Ski Areas and Its Relation to the Alpine Economy in Switzerland (PDF, by Pascal Troxler, Marcus Roller and Monika Bandi Tanner, 3.3 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 43 - The Impact of Weather Forecasts on Ski Demand (PDF, by Pascal Troxler, 1.9 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 42 - Cross-Border Shopping: Evidence from Household Transaction Records (PDF, by Frédéric Kluser / First Version: February 13, 2023, 6.0 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 41 - Differences-in-Differences with multiple Treatments under Control (PDF, by Marcus Roller and Daniel Steinberg, 392KB)

2022

CRED Research Paper No. 40 - Spatial frictions in consumption and retail competition (PDF, by Frédéric Kluser, Tobias Seidel and Maximilian v. Ehrlich / First Version: Year 2022, 7.7 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 39 - Pre-Crisis Determinants of Tourism Resilience (PDF, by Marcus Roller, 1.0 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 38 - The Fragility of Urban Social Networks ˗ Mobility as a City Glue ˗ (PDF, by Pierre Magontier, Maximilian v. Ehrlich and Markus Schläpfer, 4.6 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 37 - The Unintended Consequences of Post-Disaster Policies for Spatial Sorting (PDF, by Marcel Henkel, Eunjee Kwon and Pierre Magontier, 8.2 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 36 - Interpretable Prediction of Urban Mobility Flows with Deep Neural Networks as Gaussian Processes (PDF, by Aike Steentoft, Bu-Sung Lee and Markus Schläpfer, 5.7 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 35 - Estimation of direct net effects of events (PDF, by Marcus Roller, 630KB)

2021

CRED Research Paper No. 34 - Transformation in Industrial Towns in Slovenia and Switzerland (PDF, by Arnault Morisson, David Bole, Jani Kozina, Maruša Goluža, Clara Turner and Heike Mayer, 6.0 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 33 - The Role of Local Public Goods for Gender Gaps in the Spatial Economy (PDF, by Fabian Bald and Marcel Henkel, 7.7 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 32 - Quantifying Land Use Regulation and its Determinants - Ease of Residential Development across Swiss Municipalities (PDF, by Simon Büchler and Maximilian v. Ehrlich, 2.1 MB)

2020

CRED Research Paper No. 31 - The trade effects of skilled versus unskilled migration (PDF, by Peter H. Egger, Maximilian v. Ehrlich and Douglas R. Nelson, 2.0 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 30 - Swiss Trade During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Early Appraisal (PDF, by Konstantin Büchel, Stefan Legge, Vincent Pochon and Philipp Wegmüller, 563KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 29 - Does media coverage affect governments’ preparation for natural disasters? (PDF, by Pierre Magontier, 1.6 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 28 - The Effect of Outward Foreign Direct Investments on Home Employment: Evidence using Swiss Firm-Level Data (PDF, by Preetha Kalambaden and Daniel Steffen, 1.2 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 27 - Place-Based Policies and Spatial Disparities across European Cities (PDF, by Maximilian v. Ehrlich and Henry G. Overman, 734KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 26 - Redevelopment Option Value for Commercial Real Estate (PDF, by Simon Büchler, Alex van de Minne, and Olivier Schöni, 666KB)

2019

CRED Research Paper No. 25 - The Geography of Housing Subsidies (PDF, by Yashar Blouri, Simon Büchler and Olivier Schöni, 2.4 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 24 - The Amplifying Effect of Capitalization Rates on Housing Supply (PDF, by Simon Büchler, Maximilian von Ehrlich and Olivier Schöni, 1.7 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 23 - Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility (PDF, by Konstantin Büchel, Maximilian v. Ehrlich, Diego Puga and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal, 496KB)

2018

CRED Research Paper No. 22 - Entrepreneurship and ageing: Exploring an economic geography perspective (PDF, by Heike Mayer and Birgit Leick, 281KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 21 - Policy Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (PDF, by Yasmine Willi, Marco Pütz and Heike Mayer, 977KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 20 - Développement économique en périphérie et nouvelles dynamiques urbain-rural. Le cas de la région de la Gruyère (Suisse) (PDF, by Delphine Rime, 846KB)

2017

CRED Research Paper No. 19 - The Distributional Effects of Early School Stratification – Non-Parametric Evidence from Germany (PDF, by Marcus Roller and Daniel Steinberg, 2.3 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 18 - The Effect of a Second Home Construction Ban on Real Estate Prices (PDF, by Daniel Steffen, 844KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 17 - On the optimal design of place-based policies: A structural evaluation of EU regional transfers (PDF, by Yashar Blouri and Maximilian von Ehrlich, 2.5 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 16 - Does Proximity to Foreign Invested Firms Stimulate Productivity Growth of Domestic Firms? Firm-level Evidence from Vietnam (PDF, by Stephan Kyburz and Huong Quynh Nguyen, 6.5 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 15 - Post-industrial globalization and local milieus: A typology (PDF, by Delphine Guex and Olivier Crevoisier, 521KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 14 - Entrepreneurship in the periphery: The role of pre-entry experience and home advantage for newly founded firms (PDF, by Antoine Habersetzer, Rikard Eriksson and Heike Mayer, 260KB)

2016

CRED Research Paper No. 13 - Cities and the Structure of Social Interactions: Evidence from Mobile Phone Data (PDF, by Konstantin Büchel and Maximilian von Ehrlich, 1.5 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 12 - Fast Track to Growth? The Impact of Railway Access on Regional Economic Development in 19th Century Switzerland (PDF, by Konstantin Büchel and Stephan Kyburz, 11.6 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 11 - The Housing Market Impacts of Constraining Second Home Investments (PDF, by Christian A. L. Hilber and Olivier Schöni, 1.3 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 10 - What kinds of regional innovation systems occur around federal agencies? (PDF, by Martin Warland, 541KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 9 - The persistent effects of place-based policy: Evidence from the West-German Zonenrandgebiet (PDF, by Maximilian von Ehrlich and Tobias Seidel, 7.6 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 8 - Financial Development and Inequality in the Global Economy (PDF, by Maximilian von Ehrlich and Tobias Seidel, 979KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 7 - Effects of EU Regional Policy: 1989-2013 (PDF, by Sascha O. Becker, Peter H. Egger and Maximilian von Ehrlich, 2.1 MB)

2015

CRED Research Paper No. 6 - Entrepreneurship in Peripheral Regions: A Relational Perspective (2015) (PDF, by Sandra Bürcher, Antoine Habersetzer and Heike Mayer, 262KB)

2014

CRED Research Paper No. 5 - Income Taxes, Sorting, and the Costs of Housing: Evidence from Municipal Boundaries in Switzerland (2014) (PDF, by Christoph Basten, Andrea Lassmann and Maximilian von Ehrlich, 1.9 MB)

2013

CRED Research Paper No. 4 - Productivity Growth, Human Capital, and Technology Spillovers - Nonparametric Evidence for EU Regions (2013) (PDF, by Harald Badinger, Peter Egger and Maximilian von Ehrlich, 1.1 MB)
CRED Research Paper No. 3 - Beitrag zur Entwicklung eines Ressourcenansatzes der Nachhaltigkeit (2013) (PDF, by Jean-David Gerber and Stéphane Nahrath, 411KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 2 - Does Physician Dispensing Increase Drug Expenditures? (2013) (PDF, by Boris Kaiser and Christian Schmid / accepted for publication in Health Economics), 253KB)
CRED Research Paper No. 1 - Regional Implications of Financial Market Development: Industry Location and Income Inequality (2013) (PDF, by Maximilian von Ehrlich and Tobias Seidel, 655KB)