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We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent...
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Wirken die über 40 Jahre bestehenden Systemunterschiede auch 28 Jahre nach der Wende noch nach? Die Ergebnisse einer neuen ifo-Studie zeigen, dass in vielen gesellschaftlichen Teilbereichen ein steter Annäherungsprozess im Gang ist und dass sich die Auffassungen in den beiden Landesteilen eher...
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We examine effects of government-imposed employment targets on firm behavior. Theoretically, such policies create "polarization," causing low-productivity firms to exit the market while others temporarily distort their employment upward. Dynamically, firms are incentivized to improve...
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