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1、Good-ByeLenin(orNot?):TheEffectofCommunismonPeople’sPreferencesByAlbertoAlesinaandNicolaFuchs-Schündeln*AreindividualpolicypreferencesexogenousWestGermansconstituteameaningfulcontroloraretheyendogenoustopoliticalregimes?WegroupforEastGermans.Therefore,compar-focusontastesforp
2、ublicsocialpoliciesthatingthedifferencesinattitudesandpreferencesentailredistributionandthatinfactdiffersignif-ofGermansafterthereunificationcangiveusicantlyacrosscountries.Aretheregimesdiffer-aclueabouttheeffectsoflivingfor45yearsentsolelybecauseofdifferentinitialpreference
3、sunderaCommunistregimeonattitudes,beliefs,forredistributioninthepopulations?Oristhereandpoliticalpreferences.Weshouldbeclearafeedbackeffectfromtheregimeonprefer-thatwiththeterm“Communism”wereferintheences?Isitpossiblethatlivingunderaspecificpresentpapertothepolitico-economics
4、ystemsystemleadstoadaptationofpreferences?ofEastGermany.Inordertoanalyzethesequestionsempiri-Weareespeciallyinterestedinmeasuringcally,oneneedsanexogenousshocktothehow45yearsofCommunismaffectedindividu-regime;postwarGermanyoffersanopportunityals’thinkingtowardmarketcapitalis
5、mandthetoanalyzetheeffectofCommunismonpeople’sroleofthestateinprovidingsocialservices,preferences.From945to990,Germanywasinsurance,andredistributionfromtherichtothesplitintotwopartsforreasonsthathadnothingpoor.Ifpoliticalregimeshadnoeffectonindi-todowithGermans’desireforsep
6、aration,orvidualpreferences,oneshouldnotobserveanydiversityofpreferencesbetweenEastGermanssystematicdifferencesbetweenEastandWestandWestGermans.Sincethepoliticalandeco-Germansafterreunification.IfCommunismnomicsystemhasbeenthesameintheeasternhadaneffect,inprinciple,onecouldth
7、inkofandwesternpartsofGermanysincereunifica-twopossiblereactionsto45yearsofCommunisttionin990,andwasthesamebefore945,dictatorship.Oneisthatpeopleturnstronglyagainstthe“state”andswitchtopreferencesintheoppositedirection,namely,infavoroflib-*Alesina:DepartmentofEconomics,Harv
8、ardUniver-ertarianfreemarkets,asareactiontoanall-sity,Cambridge,MA0
