How Does the Progressivity of Taxes and Government Transfers Impact People’s Willingness to Pay Tax ? Experimental Evidence across Developing Countries (English)

This paper examines how the progressivity of taxes and government transfers impacts people’s willingness to pay tax through a randomized survey experiment with over 30,000 respondents across eight developing countries. Respondents increased (decreased) their willingness to pay taxes when they received accurate information that taxes in their country are progressive (not progressive). These effects were predominantly driven by respondents in cases...
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Hoy,Christopher Alexander.

How Does the Progressivity of Taxes and Government Transfers Impact People’s Willingness to Pay Tax ? Experimental Evidence across Developing Countries (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10167; Impact Evaluation series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099819509072218680

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