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have to have been in those districts to prevent the NSDAP from becoming a formidable political force in Germany. Budget …The Great Depression in Germany led to the radicalization of the electorate, leading the country and then the world … into the darkest days of Western Civilization. Could it have been otherwise? This paper explores whether the NSDAP takeover …
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have to have been in those districts to prevent the NSDAP from becoming a formidable political force in Germany. Budget …The Great Depression in Germany led to the radicalization of the electorate, leading the country and then the world … into the darkest days of Western Civilization. Could it have been otherwise? This paper explores whether the NSDAP takeover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649817
The large-scale persecution of Jews during World War II generated massive refugee movements. Using data from 20,441 predominantly Jewish passengers from 19 countries traveling from Lisbon to New York between 1940 and 1942, we analyze the last wave of refugees escaping the Holocaust and verify...
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This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from …
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This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from … business weakness in the aftermath of both World Wars. -- Job security regulations ; Germany ; institutional change ; varieties …
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The large-scale persecution of Jews during World War II generated massive refugee movements. Using data from 20,441 predominantly Jewish passengers from 19 countries traveling from Lisbon to New York between 1940 and 1942, we analyze the last wave of refugees escaping the Holocaust and verify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391560
social capital as measured by interpersonal and institutional trust in post-reunification Germany. We estimate the economic …
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across countries. Germany is said to be a ‘laggard' in Corporate Responsibility. This paper both describes and tries to … few years later. I argue that this ambivalence can be explained with reference to Germany's institutional framework … past fifteen years has been accompanied by a growing dynamism of CR in Germany, and I present causal mechanisms which link …
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case of the Stasi in East Germany. Exploiting regional variation in the number of spies and administrative features of the … institutional trust in post-reunification Germany. We also find substantial and long-lasting economic effects of Stasi surveillance …
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By the end of the Second World War, an estimated 20 percent of the West German housing stock had been destroyed. Building on a theoretical lifecycle model of wealth accumulation, this paper examines the extent to which regional differences in destruction can explain differences in wealth...
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