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Political Support and Civil Disobedience: A Social Interaction Approach

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  • Lipatov Vilen

    (Compass Lexecon Brussels and CESifo, 23 Square de Meeûs, 1000 Brussels, Belgium)

Abstract

People may express their opposition to government policies by adopting different measures of civil disobedience. Tax compliance is an example of an economic decision that may be affected by anti-government sentiment. Embedding the interdependence between social policies, political opposition and tax compliance in a dynamic social interaction process, we characterize a unique stable steady state of such a process. We find that social interaction may be a very important factor shaping government policies, at times reverting conventional relations between social spending and government support.

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  • Lipatov Vilen, 2016. "Political Support and Civil Disobedience: A Social Interaction Approach," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 16(2), pages 649-677, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejtec:v:16:y:2016:i:2:p:649-677:n:12
    DOI: 10.1515/bejte-2015-0082
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    Keywords

    government support; civil disobedience; social interaction; tax compliance;
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    JEL classification:

    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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