GERMAN ECONOMIC REVIEW EDITORS Peter Egger (Coordinating Editor), ETH Zürich, Switzerland Almut Balleer, RWTH University of Aachen, Germany Jesus Crespo-Cuaresma, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth, Germany Aderonke Osikominu, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany Georg Wamser, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany EDITORIAL BOARD Friedrich Breyer, University of Konstanz, Germany Jürgen Eichberger, University of Heidelberg, Germany Ralf Ewert, University Graz, Austria Bernhard Felderer, University of Vienna, Austria Clemens Fuest, University of Munich, Germany Daniel Gros, The Centre of European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium Ulrich Kamecke, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany Kai Konrad, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Munich, Germany Franz Palm, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Friedrich Schneider, University of Linz, Austria Monika Schnitzer, University of Munich, Germany Dennis J. Snower, Institute for World Economics, Kiel, Germany 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 fnance. 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 offcial 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. German Economic Review is copyright of the Verein für Socialpolitik – Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (German Economic Association), Mohrenstr. 59, 10117 Berlin, Germany represented by the Executive Board: Chairman: Georg Weizsäcker, Humboldt University, Berlin Vice Chairman: Caren Sureth-Sloane, Paderborn University, Germany Chairwoman Designate: Regina T. Riphahn, Erlangen-Nuremberg University FAU, Germany Treasurer: Friedrich Breyer, University of Konstanz, Germany Secretary: Philipp Schmidt-Dengler, Vienna University, Austria Please submit your manuscript online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/geer. For any queries, please contact the Editorial Offce, Dr. Nora Strecker: [email protected]. ISSN 1465-6485 • e-ISSN 1468-0475 For information about the journal such as Instructions for Authors, Open Access, Subscription Information and Order Forms, please visit https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ger. PUBLISHER Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin, Germany PRODUCTION EDITOR Alexander Görlt, De Gruyter, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin, Germany, Tel.: +49 (0)30 260 05-234, Fax: +49 (0)30 260 05-250, Email: [email protected] RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS Markus Kügel, De Gruyter, Rosenheimer Str. 143, 81671 München, Germany, Tel.: +49 89 76 902-424, E-mail: [email protected] TYPESETTING VTeX UAB, Vilnius, Lithuania PRINTING Franz X. Stückle Druck und Verlag e.K., Ettenheim, Germany © 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin ger | 2021 | Volume 22 | Issue 3 Contents Original Articles Astrid Krenz and Holger Strulik The benefts of remoteness – digital mobility data, regional road infrastructure, and COVID-19 infections | 257 Marcus Biermann Trade and the size distribution of frms: Evidence from the German Empire | 289 Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Elena D’Agostino and Giuseppe Sobbrio Quality of politicians and electoral system. Evidence from a quasi-experimental design for Italian cities | 323 Adrienne Margarete Bohlmann Triplets, quads and quints: Estimating disaggregate trade elasticities with diferent odds ratios | 359 .