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Determinants of Tax Compliance - A Cross-Country Analysis

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  • Shih-Ying Wu
  • Mei-Jane Teng

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Country-level factors affect tax compliance, so studies based on cross-country data are crucial for understanding the behavior of tax compliance. This study adopts the first differenced approach to estimating the determinants of tax compliance based on the index of tax compliance for 58 countries over the period 1996-2000. The estimations also allow for the endogeneity of tax rates by incorporating the effects of tax compliance on tax rates. Our estimates demonstrate that the tax burden significantly affects the degree of tax compliance. Moreover, the results show that noneconomic factors are important determinants of tax compliance.

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  • Shih-Ying Wu & Mei-Jane Teng, 2005. "Determinants of Tax Compliance - A Cross-Country Analysis," FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 61(3), pages 393-417, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhr:finarc:urn:sici:0015-2218(200511)61:3_393:dotcac_2.0.tx_2-w
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    1. Philipp Doerrenberg & Andreas Peichl, 2013. "Progressive taxation and tax morale," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 155(3), pages 293-316, June.
    2. Arun Sharma & Poonam Sharma & Jaspal Singh, 2023. "Analysing the Framework of Tax Compliance: A Study of Attitudinal Determinants," Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research, , vol. 22(1), pages 7-17, June.
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    4. Bargstädt, Dorothee, 2017. "Freiwillige Selbstverpflichtung von Unternehmen in Antikorruptionsinitiativen: Der Einfluss des nationalen Kontextes auf internationales Engagement am Beispiel chinesischer und indischer Unternehmen," PIPE - Papers on International Political Economy 28/2017, Free University Berlin, Center for International Political Economy.
    5. Gebhard Kirchgässner, 2011. "Tax Morale, Tax Evasion and the Shadow Economy," Chapters, in: Friedrich Schneider (ed.), Handbook on the Shadow Economy, chapter 10, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    6. Wolfram F. Richter, 2007. "Geplante Steuerhinterziehung und ihre effiziente Bestrafung," RWI Materialien, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, pages 31, 08.
    7. Richter, Wolfram F., 2007. "Geplante Steuerhinterziehung und ihre effiziente Bestrafung," RWI Materialien 37, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.

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    Keywords

    cross-country analysis; tax compliance;

    JEL classification:

    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General

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