Download This PaperBrothers from Another Mother? The Causal Effect of German Reunification on Economic Freedom
56 Pages Posted: 23 Apr 2024
Date Written: May 01, 2024
Abstract
Are large changes in electorate composition associated with changes in institutions? Such changes often occur because of immigration, greater ethnolinguistic fractionalization or franchise expansion to previously disenfranchised groups. In this paper, we consider a unique case of a large change in electorate composition that has no ethnic component: German reunification. As East and West Germans were
Keywords: E02, F02, N40
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Geloso, Vincent and Grier, Kevin B. and Muhoza, Florence, Brothers from Another Mother? The Causal Effect of German Reunification on Economic Freedom (May 01, 2024). GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 24-18, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4804700 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4804700
Vincent Geloso (Contact Author)
George Mason University - Department of Economics ( email )
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