Tax morale and the role of social norms and reciprocity. Evidence from a randomized survey experiment

"We present the first randomized survey experiment in the context of tax compliance to assess the role of social norms and reciprocity for intrinsic tax morale. We find that participants in a reciprocity treatment have significantly higher tax morale than those in a social-norm treatment. This...

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Main Authors: Dörrenberg, Philipp, Peichl, Andreas
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Mannheim 2017
ZEW
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19395954124911131369-Tax-morale-and-the-role-of-soc.htm
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Peichl, Andreas
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Peichl, Andreas
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description "We present the first randomized survey experiment in the context of tax compliance to assess the role of social norms and reciprocity for intrinsic tax morale. We find that participants in a reciprocity treatment have significantly higher tax morale than those in a social-norm treatment. This suggests that a potential backfire effect of social norms is outweighed if the consequences of violating the social norm are made salient. We further document the anatomy of intrinsic motivations for tax compliance and present first evidence that previously found gender effects in tax morale are not driven by differences in risk preferences."
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publishDate 2017
publisher Mannheim
ZEW
spellingShingle Dörrenberg, Philipp
Peichl, Andreas
taxation
gender
social norm
tax evasion
Tax morale and the role of social norms and reciprocity. Evidence from a randomized survey experiment
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title Tax morale and the role of social norms and reciprocity. Evidence from a randomized survey experiment
topic taxation
gender
social norm
tax evasion
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19395954124911131369-Tax-morale-and-the-role-of-soc.htm