Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law …. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of … where evasion is believed to be common. Overall, the economic model of crime performs remarkably well in explaining our data …