We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents … intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find that police applicants are more trustworthy than non-applicants, i.e., they … police force, documenting an important mechanism by which the match between jobs and agents in public service can be improved …

We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents … intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find that police applicants are more trustworthy than non-applicants, i.e., they … police force, documenting an important mechanism by which the match between jobs and agents in public service can be improved. …

We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents … intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find that police applicants are more trustworthy than non-applicants, i.e., they … police force, documenting an important mechanism by which the match between jobs and agents in public service can be improved. …

We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents … intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find that police applicants are more trustworthy than non-applicants, i.e., they … police force, documenting an important mechanism by which the match between jobs and agents in public service can be improved …

This paper studies how imposing norms on contribution behavior affects individuals' intrinsic motivation. We consider … the church levy, which the Catholic Church in Germany collects as a charitable donation, despite the fact that the levy is … legally a tax. We design a randomized field experiment with treatments informing individuals that the levy is a tax. We …

This paper studies how imposing norms on contribution behavior affects individuals' intrinsic motivation. We consider … the church levy, which the Catholic Church in Germany collects as a charitable donation, despite the fact that the levy is … legally a tax. We design a randomized field experiment with treatments informing individuals that the levy is a tax. We …

crowding-out of intrinsic motivation due to enforcement, has evolved less under the coercive regime of East Germany than under … in both parts of Germany. Surprisingly, intrinsic motivation in the absence of control is very similar among East and …Do politico-economic systems influence how control affects motivation? We hypothesize that control aversion, meaning …