Tax policy and the news: An empirical analysis of taxpayers’ perceptions of tax-related media coverage and its impact on tax compliance
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2014.11.001
Download full text from publisher
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.
References listed on IDEAS
- Alm, James & Cherry, Todd & Jones, Michael & McKee, Michael, 2010.
"Taxpayer information assistance services and tax compliance behavior,"
Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 31(4), pages 577-586, August.
- James Alm & Todd Cherry & Michael Jones & Michael McKee, 2011. "Taxpayer Information Assistance Services and Tax Compliance Behavior," Working Papers 1101, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
- Jonathan S. Feinstein, 1991. "An Econometric Analysis of Income Tax Evasion and its Detection," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 22(1), pages 14-35, Spring.
- Stefano DellaVigna & Matthew Gentzkow, 2010.
"Persuasion: Empirical Evidence,"
Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 2(1), pages 643-669, September.
- Stefano DellaVigna & Matthew Gentzkow, 2009. "Persuasion: Empirical Evidence," NBER Working Papers 15298, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Srinivasan, T. N., 1973. "Tax evasion: A model," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(4), pages 339-346.
- Kirchler, Erich & Wahl, Ingrid, 2010. "Tax compliance inventory TAX-I: Designing an inventory for surveys of tax compliance," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 331-346, June.
- Gerlinde Fellner & Rupert Sausgruber & Christian Traxler, 2009.
"Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information,"
Working Papers
2009-23, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck.
- Gerlinde Fellner & Rupert Sausgruber & Christian Traxler, 2009. "Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information," NRN working papers 2009-23, The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
- Gerlinde Fellner & Rupert Sausgruber & Christian Traxler, 2009. "Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information," CESifo Working Paper Series 2787, CESifo.
- Gerlinde Fellner & Rupert Sausgruber & Christian Traxler, 2009. "Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2009_31, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
- Lars P. Feld & Bruno S. Frey, 2002.
"Trust breeds trust: How taxpayers are treated,"
Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 3(2), pages 87-99, July.
- Lars P. Feld & Bruno S. Frey, "undated". "Trust Breeds Trust: How Taxpayers are Treated," IEW - Working Papers 098, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich.
- Lars P. Feld & Bruno S. Frey, 2000. "Trust Breeds Trust: How Taxpayers are Treated," CESifo Working Paper Series 322, CESifo.
- Cuccia, Andrew D. & Carnes, Gregory A., 2001. "A closer look at the relation between tax complexity and tax equity perceptions," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 113-140, April.
- Alan S. Gerber & Dean Karlan & Daniel Bergan, 2009.
"Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions,"
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 1(2), pages 35-52, April.
- Gerber, Alan & Karlan, Dean & Bergan, Daniel, 2006. "Does The Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions," Working Papers 12, Yale University, Department of Economics.
- Daniel Bergan & Alan Gerber & Dean Karlan, 2009. "Does the media matter? A field experiment measuring the effect of newspapers on voting behavior and political opinions," Natural Field Experiments 00252, The Field Experiments Website.
- Alm, James & Torgler, Benno, 2006.
"Culture differences and tax morale in the United States and in Europe,"
Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 27(2), pages 224-246, April.
- James Alm & Benno Torgler, 2004. "Culture Differences and Tax Morale in the United States and in Europe," CREMA Working Paper Series 2004-14, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
- Slemrod, Joel & Blumenthal, Marsha & Christian, Charles, 2001.
"Taxpayer response to an increased probability of audit: evidence from a controlled experiment in Minnesota,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 79(3), pages 455-483, March.
- Marsha Blumenthal & Charles Christian & Joel Slemrod, 2001. "Taxpayer response to an increased probability of audit: Evidence from a controlled experiment in minnesota," Natural Field Experiments 00332, The Field Experiments Website.
- Kirchler, Erich & Hoelzl, Erik & Wahl, Ingrid, 2008. "Enforced versus voluntary tax compliance: The "slippery slope" framework," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 210-225, April.
- Kirchler,Erich, 2007. "The Economic Psychology of Tax Behaviour," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521876742, November.
- Stephan Muehlbacher & Erich Kirchler & Herbert Schwarzenberger, 2011. "Voluntary versus enforced tax compliance: empirical evidence for the “slippery slope” framework," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 89-97, August.
- Alm, James & Jackson, Betty R. & McKee, Michael, 2009. "Getting the word out: Enforcement information dissemination and compliance behavior," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(3-4), pages 392-402, April.
- Allingham, Michael G. & Sandmo, Agnar, 1972. "Income tax evasion: a theoretical analysis," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 1(3-4), pages 323-338, November.
- Benno Torgler, 2003. "Tax Morale, Rule-Governed Behaviour and Trust," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 14(2), pages 119-140, June.
- Gaetano Lisi, 2012. "Testing the slippery slope framework," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 32(2), pages 1369-1377.
- Orviska, Marta & Hudson, John, 2003. "Tax evasion, civic duty and the law abiding citizen," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 19(1), pages 83-102, March.
- Kogler, Christoph & Batrancea, Larissa & Nichita, Anca & Pantya, Jozsef & Belianin, Alexis & Kirchler, Erich, 2013. "Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance: Testing the assumptions of the slippery slope framework in Austria, Hungary, Romania and Russia," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 169-180.
- Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro, 2010.
"What Drives Media Slant? Evidence From U.S. Daily Newspapers,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 78(1), pages 35-71, January.
- Matthew Gentzkow & Jesse M. Shapiro, 2006. "What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers," NBER Working Papers 12707, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Matthew Gentzkow, 2006. "Television and Voter Turnout," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 121(3), pages 931-972.
- Alm, James & Jackson, Betty R. & McKee, Michael, 1993. "Fiscal exchange, collective decision institutions, and tax compliance," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 285-303, December.
- Gerlinde Fellner & Rupert Sausgruber & Christian Traxler, 2013.
"Testing Enforcement Strategies In The Field: Threat, Moral Appeal And Social Information,"
Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 11(3), pages 634-660, June.
- Gerlinde Fellner & Rupert Sausgruber & Christian Traxler, 2009. "Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2009_31, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
- Gerlinde Fellner & Rupert Sausgruber & Christian Traxler, 2009. "Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information," CESifo Working Paper Series 2787, CESifo.
- Hite, Peggy A., 1988. "An examination of the impact of subject selection on hypothetical and self-reported taxpayer noncompliance," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 9(4), pages 445-466, December.
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Miloš Fišar & Tommaso Reggiani & Fabio Sabatini & Jiří Špalek, 2022.
"Media negativity bias and tax compliance: experimental evidence,"
International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 29(5), pages 1160-1212, October.
- Fisar, Milos & Reggiani, Tommaso & Sabatini, Fabio & Spalek, Jir, 2021. "Media negativity bias and tax compliance: Experimental evidence," Cardiff Economics Working Papers E2021/26, Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School, Economics Section.
- Milos Fisar & Tommaso Reggiani & Fabio Sabatini & Jiri Spalek, 2021. "Media negativity bias and tax compliance: Experimental evidence," Working Papers in Public Economics 211, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Roma.
- Marius-Răzvan Surugiu & Cristina-Raluca Mazilescu & Camelia Surugiu, 2021. "Analysis of the Tax Compliance in the EU: VECM and SEM," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(17), pages 1-19, September.
- Olsen, Jerome & Kasper, Matthias & Enachescu, Janina & Benk, Serkan & Budak, Tamer & Kirchler, Erich, 2018. "Emotions and tax compliance among small business owners: An experimental survey," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 42-52.
- Borzino, Natalia & Fatas, Enrique & Peterle, Emmanuel, 2023.
"In transparency we trust an experimental study of reputation, transparency, and signaling,"
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
- Natalia Borzino & Enrique Fatas & Emmanuel Peterle, 2023. "In transparency we trust an experimental study of reputation, transparency, and signaling," Post-Print hal-04532867, HAL.
- Cinzia Castiglioni & Edoardo Lozza & Eric Dijk & Wilco W. Dijk, 2019. "Two sides of the same coin? An investigation of the effects of frames on tax compliance and charitable giving," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 5(1), pages 1-10, December.
- Burgstaller, Lilith & Feld, Lars P. & Pfeil, Katharina, 2022.
"Working in the shadow: Survey techniques for measuring and explaining undeclared work,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 661-671.
- Burgstaller, Lilith & Feld, Lars P. & Pfeil, Katharina, 2022. "Working in the shadow: Survey techniques for measuring and explaining undeclared work," Freiburg Discussion Papers on Constitutional Economics 22/7, Walter Eucken Institut e.V..
- Lilith Burgstaller & Lars P. Feld & Katharina Pfeil, 2022. "Working in the Shadow: Survey Techniques for Measuring and Explaining Undeclared Work," CESifo Working Paper Series 9810, CESifo.
- La Ferrara, Eliana & DellaVigna, Stefano, 2015.
"Economic and Social Impacts of the Media,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
10667, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Stefano DellaVigna & Eliana La Ferrara, 2015. "Economic and Social Impacts of the Media," NBER Working Papers 21360, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Gangl, Katharina & van Dijk, Wilco W. & van Dijk, Eric & Hofmann, Eva, 2020. "Building versus maintaining a perceived confidence-based tax climate: Experimental evidence," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
- Garz, Marcel & Pagels, Verena, 2018.
"Cautionary tales: Celebrities, the news media, and participation in tax amnesties,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 288-300.
- Marcel Garz & Verena Pagels, 2017. "Cautionary Tales: Celebrities, the News Media, and Participation in Tax Amnesties," CESifo Working Paper Series 6795, CESifo.
- James Alm & Lilith Burgstaller & Arrita Domi & Amanda März & Matthias Kasper, 2023.
"Nudges, Boosts, and Sludge: Using New Behavioral Approaches to Improve Tax Compliance,"
Economies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-22, September.
- James Alm & Lilith Burgstaller & Arrita Domi & Amanda Marz & Matthias Kasper, 2023. "Nudges, Boosts, And Sludge: Using New Behavioral Approaches To Improve Tax Compliance," Working Papers 2307, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
- Musharraf Rasool Cyan & Antonios M. Koumpias & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, 2016. "The Effects of Media Campaigns on Individual Attitudes towards Tax Compliance; Quasi-experimental Evidence from Survey Data in Pakistan," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1609, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
- Hartmann, Andre J. & Gangl, Katharina & Kasper, Matthias & Kirchler, Erich & Kocher, Martin G. & Mueller, Martin & Sonntag, Axel, 2022. "The economic crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic has a negative effect on tax compliance: Results from a scenario study in Austria," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
- Liu, Ning & Chen, Zhuo & Bao, Guoxian, 2021. "Role of media coverage in mitigating COVID-19 transmission: Evidence from China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
- Koumpias, Antonios M. & Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge, 2019.
"The impact of media campaigns on tax filing: quasi-experimental evidence from Pakistan,"
Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 33-43.
- Antonios M. Koumpias & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, 2019. "The Impact of Media Campaigns on Tax Filing: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Pakistan," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1901, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
- Eliezer NIYORUGIRA, 2024. "The Effect of Taxpayer Awareness on Tax Compliance in Rwanda (Case Study: Kigali Sector 2022)," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(4), pages 618-638, April.
- Cinzia Castiglioni & Edoardo Lozza & Albino Claudio Bosio, 2018. "Lay People Representations on the Common Good and Its Financial Provision," SAGE Open, , vol. 8(4), pages 21582440188, October.
- Pietro Battiston & Denvil Duncan & Simona Gamba & Alessandro Santoro, 2020. "Audit Publicity and Tax Compliance: A Natural Experiment," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 122(1), pages 81-108, January.
- Cyan, Musharraf R. & Koumpias, Antonios M. & Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge, 2017. "The effects of mass media campaigns on individual attitudes towards tax compliance; quasi-experimental evidence from survey data in Pakistan," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 10-22.
- James Alm & Matthias Kasper, 2020. "Laboratory Experiments," Working Papers 2008, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
- Rui Bruno Santos, 2023. "A Bibliometric Analysis between Communication and Tax Compliance," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(6), pages 321-334, June.
- Gaetano Lisi, 2019. "Slippery slope framework, tax morale and tax compliance: a theoretical integration and an empirical assessment," Discussion Papers in Economic Behaviour 0219, University of Valencia, ERI-CES.
- Andrey L. Anisimov, 2018. "Economic Model of Tax Authorities’ Costs Optimisation and Tax Revenue Receipt," Journal of New Economy, Ural State University of Economics, vol. 19(5), pages 59-71, October.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- James Alm, 2019.
"What Motivates Tax Compliance?,"
Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(2), pages 353-388, April.
- James Alm, 2019. "What Motivates Tax Compliance," Working Papers 1903, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
- Pickhardt, Michael & Prinz, Aloys, 2014. "Behavioral dynamics of tax evasion – A survey," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 1-19.
- Kogler, Christoph & Batrancea, Larissa & Nichita, Anca & Pantya, Jozsef & Belianin, Alexis & Kirchler, Erich, 2013. "Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance: Testing the assumptions of the slippery slope framework in Austria, Hungary, Romania and Russia," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 169-180.
- James Alm & Matthias Kasper, 2020. "Laboratory Experiments," Working Papers 2008, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
- Colin C. Williams, 2023. "A Modern Guide to the Informal Economy," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 18668.
- Colin Williams, 2020. "Evaluating Public Administration Approaches towards Tax Non-Compliance in Europe," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-15, July.
- Batrancea, Larissa & Nichita, Anca & Olsen, Jerome & Kogler, Christoph & Kirchler, Erich & Hoelzl, Erik & Weiss, Avi & Torgler, Benno & Fooken, Jonas & Fuller, Joanne & Schaffner, Markus & Banuri, She, 2019. "Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
- James Alm & Kim M. Bloomquist & Michael McKee, 2017.
"When You Know Your Neighbour Pays Taxes: Information, Peer Effects and Tax Compliance,"
Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 38, pages 587-613, December.
- James Alm & Kim M. Bloomquist & Michael McKee, 2013. "When You Know Your Neighbor Pays Taxes: Information, Peer Effects, and Tax Compliance," Working Papers 13-22, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University.
- Alm, James & Bloomquist, Kim M. & McKee, Michael, 2017. "When You Know Your Neighbour Pays Taxes: Information, Peer Effects, and Tax Compliance," Working Paper Series 20299, Victoria University of Wellington, Chair in Public Finance.
- James Alm & Kim M. Bloomquist & Michael McKee, 2016. "When You Know Your Neighbour Pays Taxes: Information, Peer Effects, and Tax Compliance," Working Papers 1619, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
- James Alm & Lilith Burgstaller & Arrita Domi & Amanda März & Matthias Kasper, 2023.
"Nudges, Boosts, and Sludge: Using New Behavioral Approaches to Improve Tax Compliance,"
Economies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-22, September.
- James Alm & Lilith Burgstaller & Arrita Domi & Amanda Marz & Matthias Kasper, 2023. "Nudges, Boosts, And Sludge: Using New Behavioral Approaches To Improve Tax Compliance," Working Papers 2307, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
- Semjén, András, 2017. "Az adózói magatartás különféle magyarázatai [Various explanations for tax compliance]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(2), pages 140-184.
- Colin C. Williams & Friedrich Schneider, 2016. "Measuring the Global Shadow Economy," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 16551.
- C Williams, Colin, 2021. "Explaining And Tackling Undeclared Work In South East Europe: Lessons From A 2019 Eurobarometer Survey," UTMS Journal of Economics, University of Tourism and Management, Skopje, Macedonia, vol. 12(1), pages 1-18.
- Mendoza, Juan P. & Wielhouwer, Jacco L. & Kirchler, Erich, 2017. "The backfiring effect of auditing on tax compliance," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 284-294.
- Christoph Kogler & Stephan Muehlbacher & Erich Kirchler, 2015. "Testing the “slippery slope framework” among self-employed taxpayers," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 125-142, May.
- Colin C. Williams, 2014. "Confronting the Shadow Economy," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 15370.
- Ahmad Farhan Alshira’h & Moh’d Alsqour & Abdalwali Lutfi & Adi Alsyouf & Malek Alshirah, 2020. "A Socio-Economic Model of Sales Tax Compliance," Economies, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-15, October.
- Lancee, Bora & Rossel, Lucia & Kasper, Matthias, 2023. "When the agency wants too much: Experimental evidence on unfair audits and tax compliance," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 214(C), pages 406-442.
- Batrancea, Larissa M. & Kudła, Janusz & Błaszczak, Barbara & Kopyt, Mateusz, 2022. "Differences in tax evasion attitudes between students and entrepreneurs under the slippery slope framework," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 464-482.
- Joel Slemrod, 2010.
"Old George Orwell Got It Backward: Some Thoughts on Behavioral Tax Economics,"
FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 66(1), pages 15-33, March.
- Joel Slemrod, 2009. "Old George Orwell Got it Backward: Some Thoughts on Behavioral Tax Economics," CESifo Working Paper Series 2777, CESifo.
- Larissa M. Batrancea & Anca Nichita & Ruggero Agostini & Fabricio Batista Narcizo & Denis Forte & Samuel Paiva Neves Mamede & Ana Maria Roux-Cesar & Bozhidar Nedev & Leoš Vitek & József Pántya & Aidin, 2022. "A self-employed taxpayer experimental study on trust, power, and tax compliance in eleven countries," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 8(1), pages 1-23, December.
More about this item
Keywords
Tax compliance; Trust; Power; Slippery slope framework; Tax policy; Media coverage;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:54:y:2015:i:c:p:58-63. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/620175 .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.