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A Taste for Taxes: Minimizing Distortions Using Political Preferences

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  • Emiliano Huet-Vaughn
  • Andrea Robbett
  • Matthew Spitzer

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The authors conduct an experiment with online workers to assess whether the distortionary effect of a tax is sensitive to the ideological match between taxpayer and tax expenditures.

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  • Emiliano Huet-Vaughn & Andrea Robbett & Matthew Spitzer, "undated". "A Taste for Taxes: Minimizing Distortions Using Political Preferences," Mathematica Policy Research Reports b866678e69de4e27b481e4e94, Mathematica Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:mpr:mprres:b866678e69de4e27b481e4e9489ad909
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    2. Brad Nathan & Ricardo Perez-Truglia & Alejandro Zentner, 2025. "My Taxes Are Too Darn High: Why Do Households Protest Their Taxes?," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 17(1), pages 273-310, February.
    3. Matias Giaccobasso & Brad Nathan & Ricardo Perez-Truglia & Alejandro Zentner, 2025. "Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 17(4), pages 223-259, October.
    4. Lu, Kelin, 2022. "Overreaction to capital taxation in saving decisions," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General

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