We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of our sample villages (markets) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11...

Germany imposes an energy tax of 0.65€/l on gasoline which is one of the highest tax rates across countries. The effective tax is even higher when accounting for the consumption tax levied on top of the energy tax. Answers to the question whether such a high tax level is justified on...