This paper studies how imposing norms on contribution behavior affects individuals' intrinsic motivation. We consider … an urban area in Germany where the Catholic Church collects a local church levy as a charitable donation, despite the … baseline contribution behavior to measure individuals' intrinsic motivation and demonstrate that treatment effects differ …

efforts employees often profit if they change their employers. A longitudinal estimation of data from the Socio-Economic Panel …

contributions for the original citizens. As an empirical example, we employ Germany’s crime statistic in order to assess the … efficiency of the provision of police services at the state level. …