This paper gives a survey of the experimental literature on the perception (bias) ofindividuals with respect to their own tax burden and its effect on economicdecisions. Six strands of literature are discussed: (1) perception of marginal taxrates, (2) influence of tax complexity on tax...

We analyze the effect of income taxation with limited loss deduction on investment decisions.An experiment with five treatments was conducted, one without taxation as a reference andfour with taxation and limited loss compensation. The participants’ task was to repeatedlychoose one out of two...