, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in …-in-differences estimates show that the introduction of smoke-free legislation in Germany did not change average smoking behavior within the …

-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that …

reform in West Germany, this article finds that an additional year of schooling lowers the probability of being very … concerned about immigration to Germany by around six percentage points (20 percent). Furthermore, our findings imply significant …

inputs inside their boundaries. This observation is difficult to reconcile with the property rights approach of the firm … this paper we introduce economies of scope into a property rights model where a producer contracts with two suppliers. The … decides whether to offshore inputs. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; property rights approach …

trusting attitude than West Germans. This suggests a negative effect of communism in East Germany versus democracy in West … Germany on social and institutional trust. However, the experience of democracy by East Germans since reunification did not …

-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common …

The salient rank-size rule known as Zipf's law is not only satisfied for Germany's national urban hierarchy, but also …

in Germany. -- Smoking ; lone parent ; childhood family structure ; divorce ; unobserved heterogeneity …

between East and West Germany, both before and after reunification, to investigate a causal relationship. Instrumental …