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Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2009

This paper argues that the ?Economics of Crime? concentrates too much on punishment as a policy to fight crime, which … is unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several … feasible alternatives to punishment exist, such as offering positive incentives or handing out awards for law abiding behavior …

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Tax Compliance and Psychic Costs: Behavioral Experimental Evidence Using a Physiological Marker

Dulleck, Uwe; Fooken, Jonas; Newton, Cameron; Ristl, Andrea - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2012

of tax evasion, compliance levels are higher than would be predicted by traditional economics-of-crime models. Models …

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Social Learning and Coordination in High-Stakes Games: Evidence from Friend or Foe

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Waldfogel, Joel - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2003

We analyze the behavior of game-show contestants who play a one-shot game called Friend or Foe. While it is a weakly dominant strategy not to cooperate, almost half the contestants on the show choose to play ?friend.? Remarkably, the behavior of contestants remains uncha nged even when stakes...

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Glück ? die ökonomische Analyse

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2009

In economics there is presently an almost revolutionary development. The direct measurement of subjective welfare challenges traditional economics, inspires it, and opens new avenues for scientific research. The approaches and possibilities of an economic analysis of happiness are shown and...

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Environmental Participation and Environmental Motivation

Torgler, Benno; García-Valiñas, María A.; Macintyre, … - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2008

We explore whether environmental motivation affects environmental behavior by focusing on volunteering. The paper first introduces a theoretical model of volunteering in environmental organizations. In a next step, it tests the hypothesis working with a large micro data set covering 32 countries...

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Environmental Morale and Motivation

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2006

This chapter discusses the role of environmental morale and environmental motivation in individual behavior from the point of view of economics and psychology. It deals with the fundamental public good problem, and presents empirical (laboratory and field) evidence on how the cooperation problem...

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Valuing Public Goods: The Life Satisfaction Approach

Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004

This paper discusses a novel approach to elicit people?s preferences for public goods, namely the life satisfaction approach. Reported subjective well-being data are used to directly evaluate utility consequences of public goods. The strengths of this approach are compared to traditional...

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Governance of Public Broadcasters and Television Consumption

Benesch, Christine - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010

Recent literature emphasizes the importance of independent media for beneficial political, economic and social outcomes. I investigate how media consumers react to state ownership of TV stations and the regulation and financing of these public broadcasters. The empirical results show that a...

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Happiness Research: State and Prospects

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004

This paper intends to provide an evaluation of where the economic research on happiness stands and in which interesting directions it might develop. First, the current state of the research on happiness in economics is briefly discussed. We emphasize the potential of happiness research in...

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Rewarding Honest Taxpayers? Evidence on the Impact of Rewards from Field Experiments

Feld, Lars P.; Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2006

This paper analyzes the impact of rewards on tax compliance as an additional instrument to take into account. While social psychologists and neuroscientists have emphasized the importance of rewards, the tax compliance literature has strongly disregarded the possibilities of rewards. The use of...

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