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Working Papers

2024

1. Greener Fleet, Cleaner Air: How Low Emission Zones Reduce Pollution
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
2. Swiftness and Delay of Punishment
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers, Berlin School of Economics (2024)

2023

3. Fines, Non-Payment, and Revenues: Evidence from Speeding Tickets
   Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers, Berlin School of Economics View citations (3)

2021

4. Framing and Social Information Nudges at Wikipedia
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Framing and social information nudges at Wikipedia, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2021) View citations (6) (2021)

2020

5. Learning from Law Enforcement
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Learning from Law Enforcement, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2022) View citations (12) (2022)
6. Salience, Incentives, and Timely Compliance: Evidence from Speeding Tickets
   Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods View citations (1)

2017

7. Bunching on the Autobahn? Speeding Responses to a 'Notched' Penalty Scheme
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Bunching on the Autobahn? Speeding responses to a ‘notched’ penalty scheme, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (14) (2018)
8. Deadlines and Cognitive Limitations
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (3)

2016

9. Cooperation and Punishment: The Individual-Level Perspective
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)

2015

10. Compliance Behavior in Networks: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy View citations (15)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Compliance Behavior in Networks: Evidence from a Field Experiment, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (44) (2020)
11. Higher Taxes, More Evasion? Evidence from Border Differentials in TV License Fees
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (9)
    Also in ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2015) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Higher taxes, more evasion? Evidence from border differentials in TV license fees, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (19) (2016)

2012

12. Nudges at the Dentist
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2012) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Nudges at the dentist, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2014) View citations (73) (2014)
13. Survey evidence on conditional norm enforcement
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (27)
    Also in Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (10)
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2009) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Survey evidence on conditional norm enforcement, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2012) View citations (28) (2012)

2010

14. Optimal observability in a linear income tax
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Optimal observability in a linear income tax, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
15. Poverty and crime in 19th century Germany: A reassessment
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods View citations (16)
16. The Interaction of Legal and Social Norm Enforcement
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The Interaction of Legal and Social Norm Enforcement, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2011) View citations (51) (2011)

2009

17. Deterrence Through Word of Mouth
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods View citations (8)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2009) View citations (10)
18. Majority Voting and the Welfare Implications of Tax Avoidance
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Majority voting and the welfare implications of tax avoidance, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (20) (2012)
19. Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (14)
    Also in NRN working papers, The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria (2009) View citations (11)
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2009) View citations (13)
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2009) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article TESTING ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE FIELD: THREAT, MORAL APPEAL AND SOCIAL INFORMATION, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2013) View citations (271) (2013)

2008

20. Apportionment, Fiscal Equalization and Decentralized Tax Enforcement
    Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods View citations (7)

2007

21. Social Norms and the Evolution of Conditional Cooperation
    Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (4)

2006

22. Social Norms and Conditional Cooperative Taxpayers
    Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Social norms and conditional cooperative taxpayers, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2010) View citations (185) (2010)
23. Tax Evasion, Social Norms and Conditional Cooperation
    Munich Dissertations in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (6)
24. Voting over Taxes: The Case of Tax Evasion
    Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Voting over taxes: the case of tax evasion, Public Choice, Springer (2009) View citations (18) (2009)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Exposure to Law Enforcement and Deterrence
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2025, 181, (1), 81-95

2022

2. Deadlines and Memory Limitations
   Management Science, 2022, 68, (9), 6733-6750 View citations (4)
3. Intensified support for juvenile offenders on probation: Evidence from Germany
   Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2022, 19, (2), 447-490 View citations (2)
4. Learning from Law Enforcement
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20, (2), 739-777 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Learning from Law Enforcement, CESifo Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
5. Salience and Timely Compliance: Evidence from Speeding Tickets
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022, 41, (2), 426-449 View citations (7)

2021

6. Framing and social information nudges at Wikipedia
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 188, (C), 1269-1279 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Framing and Social Information Nudges at Wikipedia, Papers (2021) View citations (6) (2021)
7. Tempolimit 130 auf Autobahnen: Eine evidenzbasierte Diskussion der Auswirkungen
   Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2021, 22, (2), 86-102 View citations (4)

2020

8. Compliance Behavior in Networks: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (2), 96-133 View citations (44)
   See also Working Paper Compliance Behavior in Networks: Evidence from a Field Experiment, CSEF Working Papers (2015) View citations (15) (2015)

2018

9. Bunching on the Autobahn? Speeding responses to a ‘notched’ penalty scheme
   Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 157, (C), 78-94 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Bunching on the Autobahn? Speeding Responses to a 'Notched' Penalty Scheme, CESifo Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
10. Cooperation and norm enforcement - The individual-level perspective
    Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 165, (C), 1-16 View citations (12)

2016

11. Higher taxes, more evasion? Evidence from border differentials in TV license fees
    Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 135, (C), 74-86 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Higher Taxes, More Evasion? Evidence from Border Differentials in TV License Fees, CESifo Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (9) (2015)

2015

12. Advocacy and political convergence under preference uncertainty
    European Economic Review, 2015, 79, (C), 16-36 View citations (1)

2014

13. Nudges at the dentist
    European Economic Review, 2014, 72, (C), 19-38 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper Nudges at the Dentist, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2013

14. TESTING ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE FIELD: THREAT, MORAL APPEAL AND SOCIAL INFORMATION
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (3), 634-660 View citations (271)
    See also Working Paper Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information, CESifo Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (14) (2009)

2012

15. Majority voting and the welfare implications of tax avoidance
    Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (1), 1-9 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Majority Voting and the Welfare Implications of Tax Avoidance, Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
16. Norms, moods, and free lunch: Longitudinal evidence on payments from a Pay-What-You-Want restaurant
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2012, 41, (4), 476-483 View citations (68)
17. Special Issue on the Economics of Crime: Editorial
    German Economic Review, 2012, 13, (4), 363-365
    Also in German Economic Review, 2012, 13, (4), 363-365 (2012)
18. Survey evidence on conditional norm enforcement
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28, (3), 390-398 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Survey evidence on conditional norm enforcement, Munich Reprints in Economics (2012) View citations (27) (2012)

2011

19. Call for Papers: Special Issue of the German Economic Review on The Economics of Crime
    German Economic Review, 2011, 12, (2), 242-242
    Also in German Economic Review, 2011, 12, (2), 1-1 (2011)
20. Enforcement Spillovers
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (4), 1224-1234 View citations (78)
21. Social norms and the indirect evolution of conditional cooperation
    Journal of Economics, 2011, 102, (3), 237-262 View citations (9)
22. The Interaction of Legal and Social Norm Enforcement
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2011, 13, (5), 639-660 View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper The Interaction of Legal and Social Norm Enforcement, CESifo Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (8) (2010)

2010

23. Optimal observability in a linear income tax
    Economics Letters, 2010, 108, (2), 105-108 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Optimal observability in a linear income tax, Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
24. Reserve prices as reference points - Evidence from auctions for football players at Hattrick.org
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31, (2), 230-240 View citations (18)
25. Social norms and conditional cooperative taxpayers
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 26, (1), 89-103 View citations (185)
    See also Working Paper Social Norms and Conditional Cooperative Taxpayers, Discussion Papers in Economics (2006) View citations (18) (2006)

2009

26. Voting over taxes: the case of tax evasion
    Public Choice, 2009, 140, (1), 43-58 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Voting over Taxes: The Case of Tax Evasion, Discussion Papers in Economics (2006) View citations (6) (2006)

2005

27. Tax Evasion and Auditing in a Federal Economy
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2005, 12, (4), 515-531 View citations (30)