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Correcting Mistakes: Cognitive Dissonance and Political Attitudes in Sweden and the United States

Elinder, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

Cognitive dissonance theory predicts that the act of voting makes people more positive toward the party or candidate … turnout provided by the voting age restriction. I improve on previous studies by investigating political attitudes, measured … just before elections, when they are highly predictive of voting. In contrast to earlier studies I find no effect of voting …

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Richer (and Holier) Than Thou? The Effect of Relative Income Improvements on Demand for Redistribution

Karadja, Mounir; Möllerström, Johanna; Seim, David - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

effects on preferences for redistribution of correcting faulty beliefs. We implement a tailor-made survey in Sweden and … income position. Respondents who learn that they are richer than they thought demand less redistribution and increase their … altruism or moral values about redistribution. Moreover, the effect can be reconciled by people with political preferences to …

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Topping up and the Political Support for Social Insurance

Bergh, Andreas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

This paper analyzes how the possibility to complement social income insurance schemes with private insurance affects the political support for social insurance. It is shown that political support for social insurance is weakly decreasing in the replacement rate. Policy makers seeking to maintain...

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Local Economies and General Elections: The Influence of Municipal and Regional Economic Conditions on Voting in Sweden 1985–2002

Elinder, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

This paper presents a detailed analysis of voters’ responses to municipality and regional-level unemployment and economic growth, using panel data on 284 municipalities and 9 regions, covering Swedish general elections from 1982 to 2002. The preferred specification suggests that a reduction in...

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Imperfect Information Equilibrium, Existence, Configuration and Stability

Axell, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1980

In this paper we examine the stability properties of price dispersion equi1ibrium in a market where individuals and firms have to make efforts to collect information about the prices charged by firms and demand resulting from consumer behavior. The households are searching according to...

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An Evaluation of the Swedish Earned Income Tax Credit

Edmark, Karin; Liang, Che-Yuan; Mörk, Eva; Selin, Håkan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

Over the last twenty years we have seen an increasing use of in-work tax subsidies to encourage labor supply among low-income groups. In Sweden, a non-targeted earned income tax credit was introduced in 2007, and was reinforced in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The stated motive of the reform was to boost...

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Taxes and Job Mobility in Sweden

Lundborg, Per - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1995

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Taxation and the Quality of Entrepreneurship

Asoni, Andrea; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

We study the effect of taxation on entrepreneurship, taking into account both the amount of entry and the quality of new ventures. We show that even with risk neutral agents and no tax evasion progressive taxes can increase entrepreneurial entry, while reducing average firm quality. So called...

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Fiscal Illusion and Fiscal Obfuscation:An Empirical Study of Tax Perception in Sweden

Sanandaji, Tino; Wallace, Björn - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

In this paper we present survey evidence suggesting that there exists a sizeable fiscal illusion amongst the general public in Sweden. Respondents in a nation-wide and representative survey systematically underestimate the share of an ordinary worker’s income that is transferred to the public...

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Property Taxation, Bounded Rationality and House Prices

Elinder, Mikael; Persson, Lovisa - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

In 2008, the Swedish property tax was reformed and a cap on yearly tax liabilities was introduced. A large fraction of owner occupied houses was subject to a substantial decrease in the tax. When the reform was announced, most analysts projected – in line with tax capitalization theory –...

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