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Why People Evade Taxes in the Czech and Slovak Republics: A Tale of Twins

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Jan Hanousek (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education-Economics Institute)
Filip Palda (École nationale d'administration publique)

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The present paper uses a survey of 1062 Czechs and 524 Slovaks to ask why people evade taxes. We maintain that the Czech and Slovak Republics are “twins” separated at birth and that divergences between these countries since their separation in 1992 can explain divergences in their rates of tax evasion. High Slovak tax rates and lower Czech tax rates seem to explain little of the difference in evasion between the two countries. Rising Czech incomes seems the main reason that Czech Republic evades more taxes. We also look at detailed demographic and psychological reasons for tax evasion. We find that morality is a strong deterrent to evasion.

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Keywords: Tax evasion; transition economies; Czech Republic; Slovak Republic;

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H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion
H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
O17 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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  1. Juan Carlos Molero & Francesc Pujol, 2005. "Walking inside the Potential Tax Evader's Mind," Faculty Working Papers 01/05, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Navarra. [Downloadable!]
  2. Jan Hanousek & Filip Palda, 2002. "The Evolution of Tax Evasion in the Czech Republic: A Markov Chain Analysis," Public Economics 0205002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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