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2025
Siglé, M. A., Mühlbacher, S., Van der Hel, L. E. C. J. M., & Kirchler, E. (2025). Tax Audit Quality: The Role of Experience and Technology Readiness in a Digital World. Journal of Tax Administration, 10(1). https://jota.website/jota/issue/view/17/30
Kleber, J., Gangl, K., Kirchler, E., & Florack, A. (2025). Taxpayers do not always follow the crowd: The effects of regulatory focus and social norm on tax compliance. Acta Psychologica, 259, Article 105288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105288
Thiedmann, P., Dejardin, F., Reiter, L., & Tran, U. S. (2025). Brief Online Socio-Cognitive Mindfulness Interventions Neither Improve Socio-Cognitive Mindfulness nor Cognitive Biases: A Two-Study Conceptual Replication and Reanalysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Mindfulness, 16(6), 1555-1568. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02575-y
Granulo, A., Fuchs, C., & Böhm, R. (2025). Psychological reactance to system-level policies before and after their implementation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(18), Article e2409907122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2409907122
Böhm, R., Gross, R., Forst, S., Reiter, J., & Betsch, C. (2025). Digitale Innovationen in der Impfkommunikation. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 68(4), 408-415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-025-04019-3
Gross, R., Sievert, E. D. C., Korn, L., Juanchich, M., Sirota, M., Betsch, C., & Böhm, R. (2025). Emphasizing the importance of prudent antibiotic use decreases unrealistic perceptions of new antibiotic discoveries. JAC-antimicrobial resistance, 7(2), Article dlaf034. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaf034
Holzmeister, F., Johannesson, M., Böhm, R., Dreber, A., Huber, J., & Kirchler, M. (2025). Reply to Krefeld-Schwalb et al.: Measuring population heterogeneity requires upholding good scientific practice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(8), Article e2426330122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426330122
Santana, A. P., Søborg, B., Jacobsen, S. U., Zettler, I., & Böhm, R. (2025). Danish parents' vaccination readiness is associated with their children's officially registered vaccination history. Vaccine, 47, Article 126693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126693
Korn, L., Böhm, R., Santana, A. P., & Betsch, C. (2025). The more the merrier? Two online experiments on how decoys can increase vaccine uptake. Health Psychology, 44(2), 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001378
Fochmann, M., Hechtner, F., Kirchler, E., & Mohr, P. N. C. (2025). When happy people make society unhappy: Emotions affect tax compliance behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 229, Article 106854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106854
Raff, A., Böhm, R., & Fuchs, C. (2025). Earmarking donations to boost study participation? Evidence from a field experiment. PLoS ONE, 20(9), e0331498. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331498
Kirchler, E. (2025). Tax experiments. In Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736
2024
Schmid, P., Boehm, R., Das, E., Holford, D., Korn, L., Leask, J., Lewandowsky, S., Shapiro, G. K., Sprengholz, P., & Betsch, C. (2024). Vaccination mandates and their alternatives and complements. Nature Reviews Psychology, 3(12), 789-803. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00381-2
Lilleholt, L., Chapman, G. B., Böhm, R., & Zettler, I. (2024). Using machine learning to unveil relevant predictors of adherence to recommended health-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16(4), 1819-1839. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12563
Hall, B., Schmidt, K., Wagge, J., Lewis, S. C., Weissgerber, S. C., Kiunke, F., Pfuhl, G., Stieger, S., Tran, U. S., Barzykowski, K., Bogatyreva, N., Kowal, M., Massar, K. IJ., Pernerstofer, F., Sorokowski, P., Voracek, M., Chartier, C. R., Brandt, M. J., Grahe, J. E., ... Buchanan, E. M. (2024). Registered Replication Report: A Large Multilab Cross-Cultural Conceptual Replication of Turri et al. (2015). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241267902
Flunger, B., Lilleholt, L., Böhm, R., Verdonschot, A., van Gog, T., & Zettler, I. (2024). Testing self-supportive strategies to regulate autonomy and motivation. PLoS ONE, 19(10), e0311264. Article e0311264. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311264
Plechatá, A., Makransky, G., & Böhm, R. (2024). A randomized controlled trial investigating experiential virtual reality communication on prudent antibiotic use. npj Digital Medicine, 7(1), 244. Article 244. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01240-3
Columbus, S., Thielmann, I., Boehm, R., & Zettler, I. (2024). Personality Correlates of Out-Group Harm. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(7), 838-847. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241254157
Holzmeister, F., Johannesson, M., Böhm, R., Dreber, A., Huber, J., & Kirchler, M. (2024). Heterogeneity in effect size estimates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(32), Article e2403490121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2403490121
Sievert, E. D. C., Korn, L., Gross, M., Santana, A. P., Böhm, R., & Betsch, C. (2024). Communicating diagnostic uncertainty reduces expectations of receiving antibiotics: Two online experiments with hypothetical patients. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16(3), 1459-1478. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12536
Girardini, N. A., Stopczynski, A., Baranov, O., Betsch, C., Brockmann, D., Lehmann, S., & Böhm, R. (2024). Using smartphones to study vaccination decisions in the wild. PLOS digital health, 3(8), Article e0000550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000550
Scholz, D. D., Bader, M., Betsch, C., Böhm, R., Lilleholt, L., Sprengholz, P., & Zettler, I. (2024). The moderating role of trust in pandemic-relevant institutions on the relation between pandemic fatigue and vaccination intentions. Journal of Health Psychology, 29(4), 358-364. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231201038
Dybka, P., Bazar, C., Hokamp, S., & Kirchler, E. (2024). Recent developments in the area of shadow economy and tax evasion research. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 218, 399-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.12.018
Böhm, R., & Columbus, S. (2024). Economic games for the study of peace. Behavioral and Brain Sciences: an international journal of current research and theory with open peer commentary, 47, Article e4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2300256X
Sirota, M., Habersaat, K. B., Betsch, C., Bonga, D. L., Borek, A., Buckel, A., Butler, R., Byrne-Davis, L., Caudell, M., Charani, E., Geiger, M., Gross, M., Hart, J., Kostopoulou, O., Krockow, E. M., Likki, T., Lo Fo Wong, D., Santana, A. P., Sievert, E. D. C., ... Böhm, R. (2024). We must harness the power of social and behavioural science against the growing pandemic of antimicrobial resistance. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(1), 11-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01762-y
Boehm, R., Hopp, C., Lilleholt, L., Pruschak, G., & Zettler, I. (2024). Antecedents of physical sickness presenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 33(6), 805-823. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2024.2398782
Seifert, M., Spitzer, F., Haeckl, S., Gaudeul, A., Kirchler, E., Palan, S., & Gangl, K. (2024). Can information provision and preference elicitation promote ESG investments? Evidence from a large, incentivized online experiment. Journal of Banking & Finance, 161, Article 107114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107114
Kirchler, E. (2024). Eigennutz oder Gemeinschaftssinn? Macht und Vertrauenswürdigkeit der Behörden. In Angewandte Psychologie für die Wirtschaft. Arbeit – Konsum -Gesellschaft https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68559-4
Shcherbiak, A., Habibnia, H., Boehm, R., & Fiedler, S. (2024). Evaluating science: A comparison of human and AI reviewers. Judgment and Decision Making, 19, Article e21. https://doi.org/10.1017/jdm.2024.24
Kirchler, E., & Mühlbacher, S. (2024). Geiz und Gier – Einstellungen zu Steuer- und Sozialleistungsbetrug. Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Finanzstrafrecht (ZWF).
Liu, Y., Stivers, A. W., Murphy, R. O., Van Doesum, N. J., Joireman, J., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X.-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gachter, S., ... Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024). Wherefore art thou competitors? How situational affordances help differentiate among prosociality, individualism, and competition. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241298850
2023
Sprengholz, P., Henkel, L., Böhm, R., & Betsch, C. (2023). Historical narratives about the COVID-19 pandemic are motivationally biased. Nature, 623, 588-593. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06674-5
Santana, A. P., Korn, L., Betsch, C., Krockow, E. M., Sievert, E. D. C., Gross, M., Pepper, M., & Böhm, R. (2023). Understanding and reducing inappropriate antibiotic use in the context of delayed prescriptions. Health Psychology, 43(3), 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001323
Lilleholt, L., Böhm, R., & Zettler, I. (2023). Who comments, commends, and complains in online scientific studies? Personality Science, 2023(4), Article e7537. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.7537
Lilleholt, L., Zettler, I., Betsch, C., & Böhm, R. (2023). Development and validation of the pandemic fatigue scale. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 6352. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42063-2
Santana, A. P. S., Korn, L., Betsch, C., & Böhm, R. (2023). Promoting prosociality toward future generations in antibiotic intake. Journal of Health Psychology, 28(11), 1024-1037. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053221149526
Frecknall-Hughes, J., Gangl, K., Kirchler, E., Hofmann, E., & Hartl, B. (2023). The influence of tax authorities on the employment of tax practitioners: Empirical evidence from a survey and interview study. Journal of Economic Psychology, 97, Article 102629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2023.102629
Böhm, R., Sprengholz, P., Betsch, C., & Partheymüller, J. (2023). Filter Questions in Symptom Assessment Affect the Prevalence of (A)Symptomatic COVID-19 Cases. Medical Decision Making, 43(4), 530-534. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X231158380
Böhm, R., Letmathe, P., & Schinner, M. (2023). The monetary value of competencies: A novel method and case study in smart manufacturing. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 189(April 2023), Article 122331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122331
Kende, J., Reiter, J., Coşkan, C., Doosje, B., & Green, E. (2023). The role of minority discrimination and political participation in shaping majority perceptions of discrimination: Two cross-national studies. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26(3), 607-628. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221075711
Duden, G., Reiter, J., Paswerg, A., & Weibelzahl, S. (2023). Mental health of healthcare professionals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative investigation from the first and second pandemic years. BMJ Open, 13(3), Article e067244. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067244
Kasper, M., Böhm, R., Xiao, Q., & Columbus, S. (2023). Individuals benefit individual out-group members rather than harm in-group members. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(12), Article e2301107120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301107120
Amberger, H. J., Eberhartinger, E., & Kasper, M. (2023). Tax-Rate Biases in Tax Decisions: Experimental Evidence. Journal of the American Taxation Association, 45(1), 7-34. https://doi.org/10.2308/JATA-2020-019
Columbus, S., Thielmann, I., Zettler, I., & Böhm, R. (2023). Parochial reciprocity. Evolution and Human Behavior, 44(2), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.02.001
Jin, H., Wang, Q., Yang, Y.-F., Zhang, H., Gao, M., Jin, S., Chen, S., Xu, T., Zheng, Y.-R., Chen, J., Xiao, Q., Yang, J., Wang, X., Geng, H., Ge, J., Wang, W., Chen, X., Zhang, L., Xi-Nian Zuo, X. Z., & Chuan-Peng, H. (2023). The Chinese Open Science Network (COSN): Building an Open Science Community From Scratch. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459221144986
Sprengholz, P., Henkel, L., Böhm, R., & Betsch, C. (2023). Different Interventions for COVID-19 Primary and Booster Vaccination? Effects of Psychological Factors and Health Policies on Vaccine Uptake. Medical Decision Making, 43(2), 239-251. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X221138111
Plechatá, A., Vandeweerdt, C., Atchapero, M., Luong, T., Holz, C., Betsch, C., Dietermann, B., Schultka, Y., Böhm, R., & Makransky, G. (2023). Experiencing herd immunity in virtual reality increases COVID-19 vaccination intention: Evidence from a large-scale field intervention study. Computers in Human Behavior, 139, Article 107533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107533
Henkel, L., Sprengholz, P., Korn, L., Betsch, C., & Böhm, R. (2023). The association between vaccination status identification and societal polarization. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(2), 231-239. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01469-6
Buchanan, E. M., Lewis, S. C., Paris, B., Forscher, P. S., Pavlacic, J. M., Beshears, J. E., Drexler, S. M., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Mallik, P. R., Silan, M. A. A., Miller, J. K., IJzerman, H., Moshontz, H., Beaudry, J. L., Suchow, J. W., Chartier, C. R., Coles, N. A., Sharifian, M. H., Todsen, A. L., ... Primbs, M. A. (2023). The Psychological Science Accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset. Scientific Data, 10(1), Article 87. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01811-7
Korlat Ikanovic, S., Reiter, J., Kollmayer, M., Holzer, J., Pelikan, E., Schober, B., Spiel, C., & Lüftenegger, M. (2023). Basic Psychological Needs and Agency and Communion During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Gender Differentials and the Role of Well-Being in Adolescence and Early Adulthood. Journal of Individual Differences, 44(1), 18-35. Article a000378. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000378