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Inequality Perceptions, Distributional Norms, and Redistributive Preferences in East and West Germany
Kuhn, Andreas - 2011
This paper studies differences in inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences between East and West Germany. As expected, there are substantial differences with respect to all three of these measures. Surprisingly, however, differences in distributional norms are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128215
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Tax Compliance and Information Provision : A Field Experiment with Small Firms
Dörrenberg, Philipp - 2015
We study a field experiment on tax compliance in Slovenia. Small accounting companies were randomly assigned to an … person. These findings are in line with the theoretical predictions that we derive to rationalize the experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023430
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Tax Morale and the Role of Social Norms and Reciprocity : Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Dörrenberg, Philipp - 2018
We present the first randomized survey experiment in the context of tax compliance to assess the role of social norms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912767
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Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages : An Analysis for Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; … - 2021
Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324742
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Explaining the Favorite-Longshot Bias : Is it Risk-Love or Misperceptions?
Snowberg, Erik C. - 2011
The favorite-longshot bias describes the longstanding empirical regularity that betting odds provide biased estimates of the probability of a horse winning - longshots are overbet, while favorites are underbet. Neoclassical explanations of this phenomenon focus on rational gamblers who overbet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133624
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Trust, Values and False Consensus
Butler, Jeffrey V. - 2012
one mechanism yielding these dual patterns: false consensus. In the context of a trust game experiment, we show that … the values parents transmit to their children during their upbringing. In a second closely-related experiment, we show the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099101
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The Impact of Risk Perception and Risk Attitudes on Corrupt Behavior : Evidence from a Petty Corruption Experiment
Mir Djawadi, Behnud - 2013
abstract from confounding effects of reciprocal behavior, we design an experiment where a public official decides upon … early periods. Risk attitudes measured with a subsequent lottery-choice experiment do not correlate with the behavior … observed in the corruption experiment. We explain our findings by a systematic underestimation of the overall probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081828
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The Labor Market Impacts of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil
Shamsuddin, Mrittika; Acosta, Pablo A.; Schwengber, Rovane - 2022
As more and more Venezuelans leave their country, fleeing the economic and social crisis, the number of Venezuelans in Brazil has risen steadily since 2016, constituting about 18.6 percent of Brazil's 1.4 million refugee and migrant population as of October 2020. Past research finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081868
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A Different Look at Lenin's Legacy : Trust, Risk, Fairness and Cooperativeness in the Two Germanies
Heineck, Guido - 2010
question, we use the reunification of Germany as a natural experiment and study the post-reunification trajectory of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137530
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The Effects of Tax Salience and Tax Experience on Individual Work Efforts in a Framed Field Experiment
Fochmann, Martin - 2011
We conduct a framed field experiment with 245 employed persons (no students) as subjects and a real tax, which is … the tax. We conjecture that tax perception depends on the tax rate, the presentation of the tax and the experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119014