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1 results foundAuthor: Friebel, Guido Title: Trust the Police? Self-Selection of Motivated Agents into the German Police Force Summary: We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents self-select into public service. Our focus is on trustworthiness and the willingness to enforce norms as key dimensions of intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find that police applicants are more trustworthy than non-applicants, i.e., they return higher shares as second-movers in a trust game. Furthermore, they invest more in rewards and punishment when they can enforce cooperation as a third party. Our results provide clear evidence for advantageous self-selection into the German police force, documenting an important mechanism by which the match between jobs and agents in public service can be improved. Details: Bonn: Institute of Labor Studies (IZA), 2016. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: IZA Discussion Paper Series: No. 10410: Accessed February 8, 2017 at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp10410.pdf Year: 2016 Country: Germany URL: http://ftp.iza.org/dp10410.pdf Shelf Number: 140859 Keywords: Police Behavior Police Legitimacy Trustworthiness |