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Testing enforcement strategies in the field : legal threat, moral appeal and social information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law …. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of …. -- field experiments ; law enforcement ; compliance ; deterrence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009735335
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Testing enforcement strategies in the field : legal threat, moral appeal and social information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657598
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Honesty on the streets : a natural field experiment on newspaper purchasing
Pruckner, Gerald J.; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2009 - This version: September 2008
also pay less than the price or not pay at all. We conduct an experiment to study honesty in this market. The results show … legal system, and compliance with tax regulations. -- honesty ; internalized social norm ; natural field experiment ; survey …
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Honesty on the streets : a natural field experiment on newspaper purchasing
Pruckner, Gerald J.; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657631
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Rankings and risk-taking in the finance industry
Kirchler, Michael; Lindner, Florian; Weitzel, Utz - 2016
Rankings are a pervasive feature of the finance industry. Although they have no direct monetary consequences, rankings provide utility for intrinsic (positive self-image) and extrinsic (status) reasons. We recruit a unique subject pool of 204 financial professionals and investigate how anonymous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417442
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Second-Degree Moral Hazard in a Real-World Credence Goods Market
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - 2013 - This version: 16 October 2013
outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010193289
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Psychological pressure in competitive environments : evidence from a randomized natural experiment ; comment
Feri, Francesco; Innocenti, Alessandro; Pin, Paolo - 2011
-Huerta's randomized natural experiment. -- second-mover advantage ; competitive environments ; psychological pressure ; experiment …
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Sabotage in tournaments : evidence from a natural experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; Sutter, Matthias - 2012 - This version: 26th January 2012
Championships, where a rule change in 2009 basically constituted a natural experiment that introduced one costless opportunity for … ; natural experiment …
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The effect of priming on fraud: Evidence from a natural field experiment
Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; Pearce, Graeme - 2020
We present a natural field experiment designed to examine the extent to which priming can influence the behaviour of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228204
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Financial literacy, risk and time preferences : results from a randomized educational intervention
Sutter, Matthias; Weyland, Michael; Untertrifaller, Anna; … - 2020 - This version: 1 August 2020
We present the results of a randomized intervention in schools to study how teaching financial literacy affects risk and time preferences of adolescents. Following more than 600 adolescents, aged 16 years on average, over about half a year, we provide causal evidence that teaching financial...
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