Arbeitspapier
The empire is dead, long live the empire! Long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy
Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens' trust in local public services. In several Eastern European countries, communities on both sides of the long-gone Habsburg border have been sharing common formal institutions for a century now. Identifying from individuals living within a restricted band around the former border, we find that historical Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5584
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: 1913-
Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
- Subject
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Habsburg Empire
trust
corruption
institutions
borders
Kommunalverwaltung
Vertrauen
Korruption
Soziale Werte
Meinung
Südosteuropa
Ungarn
Institutionelle Infrastruktur
Österreich-Ungarn
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Becker, Sascha O.
Boeckh, Katrin
Hainz, Christa
Woessmann, Ludger
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2011
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104134065
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Becker, Sascha O.
- Boeckh, Katrin
- Hainz, Christa
- Woessmann, Ludger
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2011
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