Conspicuous consumption and political regimes: Evidence from East and West Germany

Tim Friehe; Mario Mechtel

doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.01.005

Conspicuous consumption and political regimes: Evidence from East and West Germany

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Authors

Tim Friehe
Mario Mechtel

This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on the relative importance of conspicuous consumption. We use the division of Germany into the communist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. Relying on household data that are representative for Germany, our empirical results strongly indicate that conspicuous consumption is relatively more important in East Germany. Significantly, although we find some convergence, a considerable gap in conspicuous consumption expenditures remains even 18 years after the German reunification.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	European Economic Review
Jahrgang	67
Seiten (von - bis)	62-81
Anzahl der Seiten	20
ISSN	0014-2921
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.01.005
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 04.2014
Extern publiziert	Ja

Fachgebiete

Volkswirtschaftslehre - Behavioral economics, Conspicuous consumption, Political regime, Status-seeking

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Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie

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