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The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Values and Human Interactions 90 Years after the Fall of the Habsburg Empire
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - 2010
increases current social capital and trust and reduces corruption in several public services. Past formal institutions can leave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270152
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The empire is dead, long live the empire! Long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - 2011
localized and well-respected administration increased citizens' trust in local public services. In several Eastern European … Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously … moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274931
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The empire is dead, long live the empire! Long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - 2011
localized and well-respected administration increased citizens' trust in local public services. In several Eastern European … Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously … moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278337
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The empire is dead, long live the empire! Values and human interactions 90 years after the fall of the Habsburg empire
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - 2010
characterized by a localized and well-respected administration, increased people's trust in local state services. In several Eastern … band around the former border, we find that historical Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281884
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The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2011
localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local public services. In several Eastern European … Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously … moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010758456
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The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - CESifo - 2011
localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local public services. In several Eastern European … Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously … moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872213
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The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local public services. In several Eastern European … Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously … moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873335
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Was Weber wrong? : a human capital theory of Protestant economic history
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - In: The quarterly journal of economics 124 (2009) 2, pp. 531-596
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003862261
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Was Weber wrong? : a human capital theory of protestant economic history ; a comment on Becker and Woessmann
Schaltegger, Christoph A.; Torgler, Benno - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003851623
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Catch me iIf you can : education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Existing evidence, mostly from British textile industries, rejects the importance of formal education for the Industrial Revolution. We provide new evidence from Prussia, a technological follower, where early-19th-century institutional reforms created the conditions to adopt the exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888965