.. _Fiscal Crisis in the EU and European Solidarity:

Fiscal Crisis in the EU and European Solidarity 
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**Short Description:** The module investigates attitudes toward the willingness to show solidarity with European Union countries faced with severe economic troubles. It contains of three elements: (1) attitudes toward Germany’s financial support for crisis countries within and outside the European Union, (2) the willingness to pay a hypothetical direct aid contribution in the form of a permanent income tax with three tax rates proposed, (3) attitudes on austerity measures to be implemented by the country receiving financial aid.

**Methodological Details:** A detailed report of the self-report items can be found in Box 2 (p. 475) of this `linked publication <https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/146929>`_ .

**Available Papers:** 

*Lengfeld, Holger, and Martin Kroh*. 2016. Solidarität mit in Not geratenen Ländern der Europäischen Union: Ergebnisse einer Befragung des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels 2015. `DIW Wochenbericht 83 (39) <https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.543222.de/publikationen/wochenberichte/2016_39_1/solidaritaet_mit_in_not_geratenen_laendern_der_europaeischen___gebnisse_einer_befragung_des_sozio-oekonomischen_panels_2015.html>`_ , 871-878.; 

*Lengfeld, Holger, and Martin Kroh*. 2016. Solidarity with EU Countries in Crisis: Results of a 2015 Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) Survey. `DIW Weekly Report (39) <https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.543744.de/publikationen/ecomomic_bulletins/2016_39_1/solidarity_with_eu_countries_in_crisis__results_of_a_2015_socio-economic_panel__soep__survey.html>`_ , 473-479. 

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