@TechReport{dp-633,
author = {Tsikas, Stefanos A. and Wagener, Andreas},
astring = {Stefanos A. Tsikas and Andreas Wagener},
title = {Bringing Tax Avoiders to Light: Moral Framing and Shaming in a Public Goods Experiment},
month = {July},
year = {2018},
pages = {47},
size = {2186},
number = {633}, 
language = {en}, 
keywords = {shaming; framing; tax avoidance; public goods experiment}, 
jelclass = {E62, H26, H30}, 
abstract = {With a series of public goods games in a 2x2-design, we analyze two channels that might moderate social dilemmas and increase cooperation without using pecuniary incentives: moral framing and shaming. Cooperation increases when non-contributing to a public good is framed as morally debatable and socially harmful tax avoidance. 
However, cooperation is only durable when free-riders are "shamed" by disclosing their misdemeanor. We find shaming effects to be strong enough to make appeals to morality redundant for participants' decisions.}
}