This paper explores whether the usage of tax revenues affects tax-compliance behavior. I design a laboratory experiment in which subjects make tax-reporting decisions and are randomly assigned to treatments that differ in tax-revenue use. The results indicate that compliance depends on...

We examine the effect of salient international soccer tournaments on the motivation of unemployed individuals to search for employment using the German Socio Economic Panel 1984–2010. Exploiting the random scheduling of survey interviews, we find significant effects on motivational variables...