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Mangelt es den Deutschen an Wachstumsfantasie?

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Deutschland weist im Umgang mit finanziellen Fragen einige Besonderheiten auf. Dazu gehören die geringen Erträge der umfangreichen internationalen Anlagen dieser exportorientierten Volkswirtschaft, die auch Jahrzehnte nach dem ersten Befund unzureichende Bereitstellung von Risikokapital und die im Vergleich mit vielen vergleichbar entwickelten Volkswirtschaften sehr restriktive Regulierung öffentlicher Kreditaufnahme. Die drei Aspekte haben insofern ein gemeinsames Muster, als sie auf eine mangelnde Bereitschaft, auf künftiges Wachstum zu setzen und damit auch eine Risikoakzeptanz deutlich zu machen. Wie kann diese hohe Präferenz für Sicherheit erklärt werden? Dafür wird in der Tradition von Geert Hofstede nach den prägenden kulturellen Haltungen gefragt und als historischer Hintergrund für Deutschland die zweifache Hyperinflationserfahrungen im 20. Jahrhundert identifiziert. Welche wirtschaftspolitischen Handlungsmöglichkeiten es trotz habitueller Fixierungen gibt, wird abschließend erörtert.

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  • Hüther, Michael, 2020. "Mangelt es den Deutschen an Wachstumsfantasie?," IW policy papers 3/2020, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) / German Economic Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:iwkpps:32020
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    • B30 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - General
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-

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