Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320200 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] The European Journal of Comparative Economics (EJCE) [ISSN:] 1824-2979 [Volume:] 21 [Issue:] 2 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 211-264
Publisher: 
University Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), Castellanza
Abstract: 
We investigate differencesin bribing decisions among two generationsfrom East and West Germany in a bribery game conducted as an online study (N=168). This way, we aim to exploremoral considerations ofindividualsinfluenced by two formerly different institutional systems. We find a higher propensity to bribe among young Germans compared to the older generation. Young East Germans even reveal a slightly greater inclination to bribe than their West German counterparts. We conclude that preferences for personal favors may be induced among young East Germans given the tense relationship between market opportunities and conveyed cultural traits of a socialist imprint.
Subjects: 
Moral behavior
Corruption
Intra- and intergenerational study
Institutional transformation
Reunification
JEL: 
C91
D73
D91
J14
P51
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Document Type: 
Article

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