Ideological alignment, public sector size and tax morale: empirical evidence from OECD economies

Abstract This paper analyzes the extent to which ideological differences between citizens and their governments, in conjunction with the observed size of the public sector, influence taxpayers’ intrinsic motivations to pay taxes. We utilize data from the World Values Survey and the European Values S...

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Main Authors: David Rodriguez-Justicia, Bernd Theilen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023-10-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02059-1