Puzzling tax attitudes and labels
We find that through labelling one can significantly affect attitudes towards a tax. The gasoline tax meets a stronger reluctance than virtually the same tax when it is called the CO2 tax on gasoline.
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Volume (Year): 16 (2009)
Issue (Month): 18 ()
Pages: 1809-1812
| Handle: | RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:16:y:2009:i:18:p:1809-1812 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13504850701719660 |
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