Arbeitspapier

Dubious Versus Trustworthy Faces - What Difference Does it Make for Tax Compliance?

We find experimental evidence that the decision problem of tax compliance changes if subjects' declarations are not randomly assessed, but is based on their appearance as captured by pictures of their faces, even if the aggregate audit probability does not change. Some subjects may fear that their picture looks rather dubious whereas others may believe that their picture looks more trustworthy than average. Depending on these beliefs, they may adjust their compliance decisions. Our experimental design allows to disentangle these potentially countervailing effects.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4373

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Tax Evasion and Avoidance
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
Thema
compliance
tax evasion
face picture
audit probability

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Konrad, Kai A.
Lohse, Tim
Qari, Salmai
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Konrad, Kai A.
  • Lohse, Tim
  • Qari, Salmai
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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