Can Behavioral "Nudges" Improve Compliance? The Case of Colombia Social Protection Contributions
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- James Alm & Laura Rosales Cifuentes & Carlos Mauricio Ortiz Niño & Diana Rocha, 2019. "Can Behavioral “Nudges” Improve Compliance? The Case of Colombia Social Protection Contributions," Games, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-23, October.
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Keywords
tax compliance; behavioral economics; nudges; controlled field experiments.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2019-10-28 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2019-10-28 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2019-10-28 (Informal & Underground Economics)
- NEP-LAM-2019-10-28 (Central & South America)
- NEP-PBE-2019-10-28 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2019-10-28 (Public Finance)
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