Fraud Concerns and Support for Economic Relief Programs

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Using a probability-based sample of the Norwegian population, we test whether an informational treatment about fewer audits by the Norwegian Tax Administration during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis affects support for an economic relief program designed to save jobs and prevent bankruptcies. The information treatment significantly reduces support for the economic relief program. The underlying mechanisms are lower trust in the tax administration's handling of the program and more pessimism about its ability to detect fraud.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9925

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness ; Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT) ; Tax Evasion and Avoidance
• Subject: policy preferences ; economic relief programs ; information ; audit activities

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Haaland, Ingar K. ; Olden, Andreas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/265960
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET