We conduct a field experiment to examine whether the deterrent effect of law enforcement can be strengthened by making law enforcement activities more salient. Our focus is on illegal disposal of household garbage in residential areas. At a random subset of 56 locations in a city in the...

A test of social explanations of immigrant resentment – contact, threatened responses, grievances, social disintegration, political persuasion, socialization contexts – across 30 European countries between the years 2002–2016 (N=308.430) provides the background for a comprehensive...

We analyze the design of optimal environmental policy when environmentaldamage is uncertain and investments in abatement technologies are irreversible. Weassume that the investment in the new abatement technology can be used for twoperiods and that the true extent of environmental damage will...