Arbeitspapier
Thou shalt not bear false witness against your customers: Cultural norms and the Volkswagen scandal
This paper investigates whether cultural norms shaped by religion drive consumer decisions after a corporate scandal. We exploit the unexpected notice of violation by the US Environmental Protection Agency in September 2015, accusing the car producer Volkswagen (VW) to have used software to manipulate car emission values during test phases. Using a difference-in-difference model, we show that new registrations of VW (diesel) cars decline significantly in German counties with a high share of Protestants following the VW scandal. Our results suggest that the enforcement culture rooted in Protestantism affects consumer decisions and penalises corporate fraud.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IWH Discussion Papers ; No. 21/2019
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights: General
Environmental Economics: General
Cultural Economics: Religion
- Thema
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religion
corporate scandal
consumer choice
climate change
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hasan, Iftekhar
Noth, Felix
Tonzer, Lena
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
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Halle (Saale)
- (wann)
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2019
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-113431
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hasan, Iftekhar
- Noth, Felix
- Tonzer, Lena
- Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
Entstanden
- 2019
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