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Induced civic pride and integration
Süßmuth, Bernd; Heyne, Malte; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2009
This paper investigates whether a nation's contingent value of hosting a mega-event depends on past experience with implied public goods benefits for its residents. Applying data from an ex-ante and ex-post query based on contingent valuation methods, we use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural...
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Don't raise the retirement age! : an experiment on opposition to pension reforms and East-West differences in Germany
Scheubel, Beatrice; Schunk, Daniel; Winter, Joachim - 2009
For policy reforms to increase a society's welfare, reliable information on people's prefer-ences and expectations is crucial. Representative opinion polls, often involving simplified questions about the complex topics under debate, are an important source of information for both policy-makers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872791
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The employment of mothers : recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2010
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697044
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A different look at Lenin's legacy : trust, risk, fairness and cooperativeness in the two Germanies
Heineck, Guido; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2010
What are the long-term effects of Communism on economically relevant notions such as social trust? To answer this question, we use the reunification of Germany as a natural experiment and study the post-reunification trajectory of convergence with regard to individuals' trust and risk, as well...
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From politics to the family : how sex-role attitudes keep on diverging in reunified Germany
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Rainer, Helmut - 2010
What is the role of politics in shaping attitudes about appropriate roles for women in the family and the compatibility of work and motherhood? In this paper we argue that the German separation and later reunification produced a natural experiment to address this question. During the divided...
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Tax morale after the reunification of Germany : results from a quasi-natural experiment
Feld, Lars P. (contributor); Torgler, Benno (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003495768
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Exportverhalten in West- und Ostdeutschland : Determinanten und Anpassungsprozesse
Engelmann, Sabine; Fuchs, Michaela - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : journal of contextual economics 132 (2012) 4, pp. 549-580
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Conspicuous consumption and communism : evidence from East and West Germany
Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario - 2012
This paper investigates the influence of the political regime on the relative importance of conspicuous consumption. We use the separation of Germany into the communist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. Relying on household data that are...
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Establishment survival in East and West Germany : a comparative analysis
Fackler, Daniel - 2014
Verweildaueranalyse, ob sich die Überlebenschancen neu gegründeter Betriebe zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland unterscheiden und ob sie … sich im Zeitablauf angenähert haben. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Betriebe in Ostdeutschland von 1994 bis 1997 relativ gute … Schließungswahrscheinlichkeit in Ostdeutschland stark an, in Westdeutschland jedoch nicht, was vermutlich auf eine Änderung der Subventionspolitik …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238221
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United, yet apart? : a note on persistent labour market differences between Western and Eastern Germany
Schnabel, Claus - 2015
der deutschen Einheit sich die Merkmale und Ergebnisse der Arbeitsmärkte in West- und Ostdeutschland in mancher Hinsicht …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500657