This paper investigates whether social cohesion makes economic reforms more likely. First, we investigated whether social cohesion is a coherent concept by using a principal-component factor (PCF) analysis covering 16 indicators used to measure social cohesion in the previous literature for 40...

Der Liberalismus ist die Reflexionsform der politischen Moderne. Er bietet die begriffliche Darstellung der gesellschaftlichen und politischen Lebensordnung von souveränen, autonomen Individuen. Die liberale Ordnung gründet im menschenrechtlichen Egalitarismus. Sie ist institutionalisiertes...

Inspired by Fröhlich and Oppenheimer (1990), an experimental survey in the lab was designed to find out if preferences for three different redistribution schemes differ under a veil of ignorance. The three schemes are a stylized version of the status quo German welfare state (A), a control...