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German Economic Review

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First published: January 1, 2000

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Starting 2025, German Economic Review will be transferred to Open Access. All articles will appear without delay under the Creative Commons license CC-BY 4.0. There will be no publication costs for the authors.

ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics supports the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) in the open access transformation of the journals German Economic Review and Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, which is being carried out in cooperation with De Gruyter via the Subscribe to Open model.

German Economic Review (GER), the official publication of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), is an international journal publishing original and rigorous research of general interest in a broad range of economic disciplines, including:

macro- and microeconomics
economic policy
international economics
public economics
finance
business administration

The scope of research approaches includes theoretical, empirical and experimental work. Innovative and thought-provoking contributions, in particular from younger authors, are especially welcome. GER is edited by an international board of editors and associate editors from Europe and overseas. This ensures access to an international pool of referees and guarantees a high intellectual standard of published contributions. Editors are committed to a prompt turnaround of submissions.

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German Economic Review publishes original research of general interest in a broad range of economic discplines, including macro- and microeconomics, public economics, business administration and finance. Authors are invited to submit papers devoted to policy analysis as well as theoretical and empirical papers. All submissions are refereed. The journal's internationally composed board of editors is committed to maintaining a high standard of quality.

As the official journal of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association), German Economic Review is provided to all the members of the association. At the same time, the journal aims at a wider international audience and invites participation and subscriptions from economists around the world.

GER is published four times a year, in English, and is available online.
Sets of data used are available at the German Economic Review Data Archive under http://journaldata.zbw.eu/journals/ger.

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Vol. 22, Iss. 2: Do political parties matter? Evidence from German municipalities by Nadine Riedel, Martin Simmler and Christian Wittrock

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