he German federal states in business location competition - yesterday, today and tomorrow

Norbert Berthold, Nadya Kosturkova and Andreas Müller, University of Würzburg, evaluate the success and activities of the German federal states in business location competition for the period 2006 to 2008. The study measures the success of the individual states by means of six variables. These are combined to form a success index that indicates how successful the states were relative to each other. In addition, factors that the states influence that have a significant effect on the six variables are identified. These factors explain to a great extent the varying performance of the federal states. As with the success index, the activity levels are combined to form an activity index that allows for a direct comparison of the efforts of the states relative to each other. This article gives information on how the states have performed in the activity and success indices.