The Economics of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5917596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manfred Tietzel (Universität Duisberg, corresponding author), Marion Weber (0000-0002-4071-6877, Universität Duisberg) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-78 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rationality and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1043-4631 • E-ISSN: 1461-7358 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1043463194006001005 |
| OpenAlex | W2048078678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain are explained in the context of an exit-voice framework presuming rational actors. It is shown that the prohibition of exit by establishing what we call "political costs of individual mobility" was a conditio sine qua non for the effective suppression of internal political opposition in Eastern Europe, and in East Germany in particular. The analysis of the costs of emigration and of political protest as instruments of autocratic rule (mobility politics) leads to interesting and surprising implications as to the general stability of dictatorial regimes
Autocracy · Berlin wall · Cold war · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Fall of man · Geography · Iron Curtain · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sine qua non · Economic Theory and Institutions · European history and politics · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2010 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |