Konferenzbeitrag
Economic systems and risk preferences: evidence from East and West Germany
For standard economic models it is typically assumed that preferences are given and stable. But do economic systems shape individuals' risk preferences? Using the reunification of East and West Germany as a natural experiment I evaluate differences in financial risk taking comparing Eastern and Western German households for almost two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Controlling for a large set of socio-economic variables East Germans having been ``treated'' by a command economy were more prone to taking financial risk than West German citizens. The differences were quantitatively relevant after the fall of the Iron Curtain and almost vanished by 2008.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2016: Demographischer Wandel - Session: Borrowing and Debt ; No. D06-V3
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Household Saving; Personal Finance
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Comparative Economic Systems: General
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Neugart, Michael
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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Kiel und Hamburg
- (wann)
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2016
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ
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- Konferenzbeitrag
Beteiligte
- Neugart, Michael
- ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Entstanden
- 2016
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