Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155628 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionspapier No. 173
Publisher: 
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität - Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Fächergruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre, Hamburg
Abstract: 
This paper studies the effect of institutional reform on the decision to hold risky assets at the example of the natural experiment of German Division and Reunification. We present empirical evidence indicating that even 16 years after German Reunification risky portfolio choice and composition differed systematically between East andWest German bank customers, even after controlling for sociodemographic factors. While these differences are especially pronounced for bank customers with experiences in the former communist system, even the younger generation of East Germans still differs remarkably from their West German counterpart in terms of risky asset choice. Thus, informal institutions tend to have more long-lasting effects on portfolio behavior as previous studies seem to imply.
Subjects: 
institutional reform
stockholding puzzle
portfolio choice
bank data
JEL: 
G21
J1
L1
O16
P36
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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