Based on official records from the former East German Ministry for State Security, we quantify the long-term costs of state surveillance on social capital and economic performance. Using county-level variation in the spy density in the 1980s, we exploit discontinuities at state borders to show...

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...

Herausforderung (industrieller) Strukturwandel -- Anlässe und Trigger für Kooperationen sowie Einflussfaktoren -- Arten von Kooperationen -- Kooperation, Vertrauen und Kontrolle -- Kooperationsgestaltung in der Praxis -- Beziehungen außerhalb der Wirtschaft -- Phasen und Stufen der...