' electoral prospects improve? We study this question with a natural experiment from the German federal State of Hesse. The … experiment is the abolishment of an explicit electoral threshold (the so called "five percent hurdle") for local elections in …

high enough. We test the model's key predictions in a laboratory experiment varying the level of transparency between …

This paper exploits a natural experiment in Hesse where a reform of the electoral rule from mayor appointment by the … state tier. This e ffect only materializes in the election year which suggests that mayors under the new electoral rule put … more e ffort into grant applications for highly visible infrastructure projects in order to increase their re-election …

In this experiment, we endogenize the choice of which contribution scheme is implemented in a public good game. We …

We investigate whether peer punishment is an efficient mechanism for enforcing cooperation in an experiment with a long …

This paper experimentally analyzes the cartel coordination challenge induced by the discrimination of cartel … ringleaders in leniency policies. Ringleaders often take a leading role in the coordination and formation of a cartel. A leniency …-stage cartel formation experiment where multiple ringleaders may emerge. Although theory predicts that cartels will always be …