Tax Compliance, Tax Morale And Governance Quality

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Tax Compliance, Tax Morale And Governance Quality

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Benno Torgler ()
Markus Schaffner
Alison Macintyre

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Taxpayers are more compliant than the traditional economic models predict. Why? The literature calls it the “puzzle of tax compliance”. In this paper we use field, experimental and survey data to investigate the empirical evidence on whether presence of tax morale helps to resolve this puzzle. The results reveal a strong correlation between tax morale and tax evasion/compliance which confirms the value of taking the research a step further by looking at the determinants of tax morale. We explore this question with a particular focus on the importance of governance quality.

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Paper provided by School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology in its series School of Economics and Finance Discussion Papers and Working Papers Series with number 225.

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- Benno Torgler & Markus Schaffner & Alison Macintyre, 2007. "Tax Compliance, Tax Morale, and Governance Quality," International Studies Program Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0727, International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. [Downloadable!]
- Benno Torgler & Markus Schaffner & Alison Macintyre, 2007. "Tax Compliance, Tax Morale and Governance Quality," CREMA Working Paper Series 2007-17, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA). [Downloadable!]

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H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion

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NEP-ALL-2007-11-10 (All new papers)
NEP-PBE-2007-11-10 (Public Economics)
NEP-PUB-2007-11-10 (Public Finance)
NEP-SOC-2007-11-10 (Social Norms & Social Capital)

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Torgler, Benno & Demir, Ihsan C. & Macintyre, Alison & Schaffner, Markus, 2008. "Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation," Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Economics and Finance, vol. 38(2), pages 313-339, September. [Downloadable!]
Other versions:
- Benno Torgler & Markus Schaffner, 2007. "Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation," School of Economics and Finance Discussion Papers and Working Papers Series 222, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology. [Downloadable!]
- Benno Torgler & Markus Schaffner, 2007. "Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation," CREMA Working Paper Series 2007-11, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA). [Downloadable!]

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