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Brosig-Koch, Jeannette, Helbach, Christoph, Ockenfels, Axel and Weimann, Joachim (2011). Still different after all these years: Solidarity behavior in East and West Germany. J. Public Econ., 95 (11-12). S. 1373 - 1377. LAUSANNE: ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA. ISSN 0047-2727

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Abstract

Using data from laboratory experiments, we find that East Germans show consistently less solidarity than West Germans; there has been no convergence in the 20 years after the reunification. While it has recently been estimated that political values converge 20 to 40 years after the reunification (Alesina and Fuchs-Schundeln, 2007), we conclude from our findings that social behavior changes more slowly than political values. We hypothesize that this is due to complementarities involved in individual social behavior and the necessity to coordinate on social norms on the society level. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Brosig-Koch, Jeannette UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Helbach, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ockenfels, Axel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weimann, Joachim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-484086
DOI:	10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.06.002
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Public Econ.
Volume:	95
Number:	11-12
Page Range:	S. 1373 - 1377
Date:	2011
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
Place of Publication:	LAUSANNE
ISSN:	0047-2727
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ECONOMETRIC-ANALYSIS; POLITICAL VALUES; PREFERENCES; ALTRUISM; PARENTS; GENDER Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/48408