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Public Ignorance and Estate Tax Repeal: The Effect of Partisan Differences and Survey Incentives

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Krupnikov, Yanna
Levine, Adam S.
Lupia, Arthur
Prior, Markus

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We re-examine whether the broad support for repeal of the estate tax is a result of citizen ignorance. We find that increasing information about the estate tax or politics in general has very different effects on Republicans and Democrats. While high and low-information Republicans support estate tax repeal, Democratic support is higher among those who know less. However, most highly-informed people in both parties support repeal. We also show that standard surveys overestimate the extent of misinformation about the estate tax. Therefore, “ignorance” is not a compelling explanation of why so many people support estate tax repeal.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 346.

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Keywords: estate tax; voter competence; survey research; experimental economics; public policy;

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H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
K10 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - General (Constitutional Law)

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  1. Lupia, Arthur & Levine, Adam S. & Menning, Jesse O. & Sin, Gisela, 2005. "Were Bush Tax Cut Supporters "Simply Ignorant?" A Second Look at Conservatives and Liberals in "Homer Gets a Tax Cut"," MPRA Paper 348, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2006. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Heinemann, Friedrich & Janeba, Eckhard, 2007. "The Globalization of Tax Policy: What German Politicians Believe," ZEW Discussion Papers 07-057, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
  3. Matthew Kahn, 2007. "Environmental disasters as risk regulation catalysts? The role of Bhopal, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Love Canal, and Three Mile Island in shaping U.S. environmental law," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 35(1), pages 17-43, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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