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Silent citizens: political corruption and tax disclosure

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  • Abhinav Khemka
  • Claudia Serra-Sala

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We investigate how political corruption affects citizens' willingness to disclose tax evasion. We conducted a survey experiment with 1,200 respondents in Bangalore, India, combining corruption vignettes and list experiments. Respondents were randomly presented with hypothetical candidates whose attributes varied along three dimensions: (a) alleged honesty versus corruption; (b) prioritization of infrastructure versus other public spending; and (c) political party affiliation.

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  • Abhinav Khemka & Claudia Serra-Sala, 2025. "Silent citizens: political corruption and tax disclosure," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2025-114, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2025-114
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