The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the E...
The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism
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American Economic Association
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German separation in 1949 into a communist East and a capitalist West and their reunification in 1990 are commonly described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of communism. We show in three steps that the populations in East and West Germany were far from being randomly selected treatment and control groups. First, the later bor...
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The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism
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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1257_jep_34_2_143
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1257_jep_34_2_143
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0895-3309
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1944-7965
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10.1257/jep.34.2.143
