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Tax morale, public goods, and politics: Experimental evidence from Mozambique
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Tax revenue is vital for development, but governments must balance raising revenues with maintaining
political support. Partnering with a city government in Mozambique, we experimentally vary the provision
of information highlighting the role of municipal tax revenues in 1) local public good provision
and 2) local political autonomy. We measure how this information affects property owners’ tax morale
and political support for the government. Public goods information raises tax morale, especially in areas
of low baseline public good provision, but has no effect on voting. The political message increases
electoral support generally, but raises tax morale only among co-partisans. These results suggest that
communication about the uses of public revenue offers a politically feasible way to increase tax morale.
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Tax morale Public goods Information Political economy Experiments Mozambique
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Sandholtz, Wayne Aaron, Vicente, Pedro C. Tax morale, public goods, and politics: Experimental evidence from Mozambique. (December 2024) Nova SBE Working Paper Series No. 671
Editora
Nova School of Business and Economics