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Market structure and creative cluster formation: the origins of urban clusters in German literature, 1700–1932

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  • Lukas Kuld
  • Sara Mitchell

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Using yearly data on 153 prominent German authors (1700–1932), we show how changes in the political and economic environment facilitated the formation of literary clusters. Early authors follow general population patterns, leading to geographic dispersion in a patronage system characterized by spatial competition. At the end of the nineteenth century, authors concentrate in large economic and political capitals. These changes in location patterns mirror trends in political and territorial consolidation and the professionalization of authorship. The last cohort shows large-scale migration into literary centers around the age of 20 years. Therefore, these literary clusters are not due to changing birth locations.

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  • Lukas Kuld & Sara Mitchell, 2023. "Market structure and creative cluster formation: the origins of urban clusters in German literature, 1700–1932," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 27(3), pages 380-411.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ereveh:v:27:y:2023:i:3:p:380-411.
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