Objective and subjective compliance: A norm-based explanation of ‘moral wiggle room’, Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 96, 170-183 (2016). Joint with K. Spiekermann.
Does being elected increase subjective entitlements? Evidence from the laboratory, Economics Bulletin, 33(1), 794-796 (2013). Joint with I. Wolff.
The Limited Power of Voting to Limit power, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13(5), 695-719 (2011). Joint with H. Geng and I. Wolff.
“Read my Lips!” Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Electoral Competition on Shirking and Trust” (with G. Walkowitz). Revise & resubmit at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Manuscripts submitted or in submission process
The Double Damage of Violating Social Justice Norms (with B. Rockenbach and S. Tonke)
When Identity Trumps Issues: Experimental Evidence on Identity-biased Voting (with R. Böhm and B. Rockenbach).
Manuscripts in preparation for submission
Present bias and conservation: Field evidence from Thai fishermen (with S. Bonnmanunt, T. Lauer and B. Rockenbach)
The persuasive power of patience in groups: a lab-in-the field experiment in rural Thailand (with S. Bonnmanunt, T. Lauer and B. Rockenbach)
Using Behavioral Insights to Decrease Non-payments for Water in Rural Namibia (with B. Rockenbach and S. Tonke)
Identity Choice in the Lab: How Social Identification Interacts with Norms (with S. Schneiders and K. Spiekermann).
Needs as reference points: When marginal gains to the poor don’t matter (with M. Bauer, M. Siebel and S. Traub)
On the nature of relational contracting – the influence of power and culture (with B. Rockenbach and H. Geng).
The economic virtues of voting – how political competition limits confiscatory behavior.
Recently conducted experiments
Sustained Aid Dependency, Self-Affirmation and Productivity: A Field Experiment in Rural Namibia (with B. Rockenbach, S. Schneiders, and B. Vollan)
Policy papers, other publications and editorships
Von Finanzgewinnen zu langfristigem Wachstum: Krisenprävention über Investitionen in Grundlagenforschung und Bildung in WISO Diskurs 2012 (with R. Maderitsch).
Von Zahlenspielen zu einer Gebiets- und Strukturreform staatlicher Aufgaben: demokratische Bürgerkooperativen in Thüringen (2012 with D. Voges on behalf of the Green Party in Thuringia.
Diogenes trifft Dagobert – oder der Versuch einer Synthese aus Glück und Geld" in Weiß, A. R., J. Junger and S. Sohr (ed.). Montag, Dienstag, Zukunft – Junge Europäer über den Weg ins 21. Jahrhundert. IZT ZukunftsStudien Issue 25. Nomos: Baden-Baden 2001.
„Die Zeit ist reif!" Chapter in SRzG (ed.). Die 68er. Warum wir Jungen sie nicht mehr brauchen. Kore-Verlag: Freiburg 1998 (with J. Junger).
