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Are Estimated Tax Elasticities Really Just Tax Evasion Elasticities? The Case of Charitable Contributions

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Slemrod, Joel

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This paper uses data from tax returns that have been subject to intensive audits to confront the quantitative importance of misreporting for the estimated tax responsiveness of charitable contributions. It concludes that the tax responsiveness of charitable giving that has been detected using tax return data cannot be ascribed to the tax responsiveness of overstating actual giving. In fact, overstatement is apparently less price responsive than actual giving, implying that the responsiveness of actual giving is higher than is suggested by studying reported contributions. Copyright 1989 by MIT Press.

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Volume (Year): 71 (1989)
Issue (Month): 3 (August)
Pages: 517-22
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  1. Pitt, Mark M., 1981. "Smuggling and price disparity," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 447-458, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Poterba, James M, 1987. "Tax Evasion and Capital Gains Taxation," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 77(2), pages 234-39, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Yitzhaki, Shlomo, 1974. "Income tax evasion: A theoretical analysis," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 3(2), pages 201-202, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Reece, William S & Zieschang, Kimberly D, 1985. "Consistent Estimation of the Impact of Tax Deductibility on the Level of Charitable Contributions," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 53(2), pages 271-93, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Clotfelter, Charles T, 1983. "Tax Evasion and Tax Rates: An Analysis of Individual Returns," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 65(3), pages 363-73, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Don Fullerton, 1990. "Tax Policy Toward Art Museums," NBER Working Papers 3379, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Charles T. Clotfelter, 1990. "The Impact of Tax Reform on Charitable Giving: A 1989 Perspective," NBER Working Papers 3273, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. David Joulfaian & Mark Rider, 2003. "Errors in Variables and Estimated Price Elasticities for Charitable Giving," International Studies Program Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0307, International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Philip Brown & Jessica Minty, 2006. "Media Coverage & Charitable Giving After the 2004 Tsunami," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series wp855, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School. [Downloadable!]
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