Books reviewed: Bhagwati, Jagdish The Winds of the Hundred Days Costanza, Robert, John Cumberland, Herman Daly, Robert Goodland und Richard Norgaard Einfuhrung in die Okologische Okonomik Fogel, Robert William The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism Frey, Bruno S. Inspiring...

Books reviewed: Ulf Beckmann, Von Lowe bis Leontief Friedel Bolle and Michael Carlberg (eds.), Behavioral Economics Paul Dalziel, Money, Credit and Price Stability Vivien Foster, Susana Mourato, David Pearce and Ece Ozdemiroglu, The Price of Virtue Joshua Gans (ed.), Publishing Economics Otmar...

Books reviewed: Jagdish Bhagwati, Free Trade Today Michael Carlberg, An Economic Analysis of Monetary Union Carl, Chiarella, Peter Flaschel, Gangolf Groh und Willi Semmler, Disequilibrium, Growth and Labor Market Dynamics Badly Condon, NAFTA, WTO and Global Business Strategy Paul De Grauwe...

The ability of a tax authority to successfully collect taxes depends critically on both its relationship with the taxpayers and how strongly these taxpayers are committed to contributing to the common good. We present evidence on a new non-intrusive approach aimed at fostering the commitment to...

The ability of a tax authority to collect taxes successfully depends on both its relationship with taxpayers and how strongly these taxpayers are committed to contributing to the common good. We present field and laboratory experimental evidence on a new non-intrusive approach aimed at fostering...

This paper provides a comparison of tax morale between inhabitants of East and West Germany in its post-reunification period, using three World Values Survey/European Values Survey waves between 1990 and 1999. German reunification is particularly interesting for the analysis of tax morale as it...

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...

This paper provides a comparison of tax morale between inhabitants of East and West Germany in its post-reunification period, using three World Values Survey/European Values Survey waves between 1990 and 1999. The setting of German reunification is particularly interesting for the analysis of...

The paper explores whether a social learning model helps explain the observed conformity and compliance with social norms after the unification of Germany. We compare tax morale, (the willingness to pay taxes), between inhabitants of East and West Germany during the post-unification period,...