Voice and Punishment : A Global Survey Experiment on Tax Morale (English)

An online survey experiment spanning 50 countries finds sizable improvements in tax morale when (a) the salience of anti-corruption efforts is increased and (b) citizens are allowed to voice their expenditure preferences to the government. These results hold very broadly across a uniquely large and diverse sample of respondents from all continents. The findings are consistent with theories emphasizing the role of democratic accountability, as well...

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Sjoberg,Fredrik Matias;

Mellon,Jonathan;

Peixoto,Tiago Carneiro;

Hemker,Johannes Zacharias;

Tsai,Lily Lee;
Document Date
2019/05/15
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8855
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2019/05/15
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Voice and Punishment : A Global Survey Experiment on Tax Morale
Keywords
Tax Compliance

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Sjoberg,Fredrik Matias; Mellon,Jonathan; Peixoto,Tiago Carneiro; Hemker,Johannes Zacharias; Tsai,Lily Lee.

Voice and Punishment : A Global Survey Experiment on Tax Morale (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8855 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/986411557941098413

Voice and Punishment : A Global Survey Experiment on Tax Morale (English)

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