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Cultural norms and corporate fraud : evidence from the Volkswagen scandal / Iftekhar Hasan, Felix Noth, Lena Tonzer
VerfasserHasan, Iftekhar ; Noth, Felix ; Tonzer, Lena
ErschienenHalle (Saale), Germany : Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) - Member of the Leibniz Association, [25. November 2020]
Umfang1 Online-Ressource (III, 77 Seiten) : Diagramme
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"This is a revised version of Hasan, Iftekhar; Noth, Felix; Tonzer, Lena: Thou Shalt not Bear False Witness Against Your Customers: Cultural Norms and the Volkswagen Scandal" - Seite III
SpracheEnglisch
SerieIWH-Diskussionspapiere ; 2020, no. 24 (November 2020)
URNurn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-128541 
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We investigate whether cultural norms shaped by religion drive consumer decisions after a corporate scandal. We exploit the notice of violation by the US Environmental Protection Agency in September 2015 accusing Volkswagen (VW) of using software to manipulate car emission values during test phases. We show that new registrations of VW cars decline significantly in German counties with a high share of Protestants following the VW scandal. Our findings document that the enforcement culture in Protestantism facilitates penalising corporate fraud. We corroborate this channel with a survey documenting that Protestants respond significantly different to fraud but not to environmental issues.