Types and patterns: an experimental East-West-German comparison of cooperation and solidarity

Not guilty? Another look at the nature and nurture of economics students

“…Given the results obtained by Ockenfels and Weimann (1999), the finding that East and West German students do not differ much in their views may be somewhat unexpected. However, an explanation may be that students at the U FAF are extremely homogeneous in terms of their disposable income and their career expectations, independent from whether they are originally from East or West Germany.…”

“…As various studies have indicated, there may still be significant differences between East and West Germans' attitudes (see Ockenfels and Weimann, 1999;Suhrcke, 2001). In our survey, however, we only find differences in East and West German students' views regarding the fairness of the first-come, first-served principle, where the fraction of West Germans considering such an allocation fair is larger than the corresponding number of East Germans (see Table 1).…”

“…in West Germany, while the students examined by Ockenfels and Weimann (1999) still live in the East, so that the differences they established may also be due to these differences. Note, however, that the vast majority of the first-year students in our sample have only been living in Hamburg for one week when we conducted the survey so that it appears rather unlikely that their moving to Hamburg already had an impact on their views.…”

Gambling to leapfrog in status?

“…We thereby contribute to the evolving literature on gender effects (see, e.g., Andreoni andVesterlund 2001, Croson andGneezy 2007) and comparisons between East and West German households (e.g., Alesina and Fuchs-Schündeln 2007, Brosig et al 2011, Friehe and Mechtel 2012, Ockenfels and Weimann 1999, Rainer and Siedler 2009, Torgler 2003. Our regression results suggest that women are much less interested in gambling.…”

Kapitał społeczny polskich studentów na tle międzynarodowym z wykorzystaniem wyników badań eksperymentalnych

“…2011;Gächter i in. 2010;ockenfels, weimann 1999]. Niewiele jest jednak badań wskazujących na poziom kooperacji w krajach Europy Środkowej i wschodniej.…”