Survey data from the United States, West Germany and East Germany are analyzed to compare individual attitudes towards … political redistribution in each country. In West Germany the homo oeconomicus effect , the social rivalry effect and the public … effect disappears. In East Germany both the second and the third effect disappear. …

Germany and the US. …

and Germany to condition the relationship between real wages and business fluctuations on the phase of the cycle, it is … general, the evidence for countercyclical wages is stronger in Germany than for the US, but taken together there is no clear …

We analyze current account imbalances through the lens of the two largest surplus countries; China and Germany. We … its current account surplus, Germany’s surplus has continued to increase throughout and after the crisis. Second, for … turned from being undervalued to overvalued, Germany’s currency has erased its level of overvaluation and become undervalued …

treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques previously used in Germany and the United States. In Switzerland …