The Protestant Fiscal Ethic: Religious Confession and Euro Skepticism in Germany

Adrian Chadi and Matthias Krapf

No 754, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Abstract: During the European sovereign debt crisis, most countries that ran into fiscal trouble had Catholic majorities, whereas countries with Protestant majorities were able to avoid fiscal problems. Survey data show that, within Germany, views on theeuro differ between Protestants and Non-Protestants, too. Among Protestants, concerns about the euro have, compared to Non-Protestants, increased during the crisis, and significantly reduce their subjective wellbeing only. We use the timing of survey interviews and news events in 2011 to account for the endogeneity of euro concerns. Emphasis on moral hazard concerns in Protestant theology may, thus, still shape economic preferences.

Keywords: Protestantism; euro crisis; subjective wellbeing; media coverage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E00 I31 L82 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 , XI p.
Date: 2015
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Journal Article: THE PROTESTANT FISCAL ETHIC: RELIGIOUS CONFESSION AND EURO SKEPTICISM IN GERMANY (2017)
Working Paper: The Protestant Fiscal Ethic:Religious Confession and Euro Skepticism in Germany (2015)
Working Paper: The Protestant Fiscal Ethic: Religious Confession and Euro Skepticism in Germany (2015)
Working Paper: The Protestant Fiscal Ethic: Religious Confession and Euro Skepticism in Germany (2015)
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