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Taxes and benefits : two distinct options to cheat on the state?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich - 2005 - This version: April 10, 2012
In this paper we study the social norms to abstain from cheating on the state via benefit fraud and tax evasion. We interpret these norms (called benefit morale and tax morale) as moral goods, and derive testable hypotheses on whether their demand is determined by prices. Employing a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009748276
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Protestantism and government spendig : a negative relationship? ; an empirical application to Swiss Cantons
Fischer, Justina A. V. (contributor);  … - 2007
Recent empirical growth literature suggests that cultural factors play a decisive role in economic development, while empirical evidence for their impact on government activity remains scant. In this paper, we conjecture based on Weber's Protestant Ethics that 'Protestant values' such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003604466
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Protestantism and Government Spending : A Negative Relationship? An Empirical Application to Swiss Cantons
Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2008
Recent empirical growth literature suggests that cultural factors play a decisive role in economic development, while empirical evidence for their impact on government activity remains scant. In this paper, we conjecture based on Weber's Protestant Ethics that 'Protestant values' such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725749
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Taxes and Benefits : Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud, has gained relatively modest attention in the economic literature. This paper seeks to fill this gap. We explore differences between benefit fraud and tax evasion due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325121
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Protestantism and government spendig: A negative relationship? An empirical application to Swiss Cantons
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Schneider, Friedrich - 2007
Recent empirical growth literature suggests that cultural factors play a decisive role in economic development, while empirical evidence for their impact on government activity remains scant. In this paper, we conjecture based on Weber's Protestant Ethics that 'Protestant values' such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281342
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Is there a natural rate of crime?
Narayan, Paresh Kumar; Nielsen, Ingrid; Smyth, Russell - In: The American journal of economics and sociology 69 (2010) 2, pp. 759-782
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962943
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Is there a natural rate of crime?
Narayan, Paresh Kumar; Nielsen, Ingrid; Smyth, Russell - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003178030
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Is There a Natural Rate of Crime?
Narayan, Paresh Kumar - 2012
Studies in the economics of crime literature have reached mixed conclusions on the deterrence hypothesis. One … crime. This article applies univariate unit root tests to crime series for the United Kingdom and United States and panel … unit roots to crime rates for a panel of G7 countries to examine whether there is a natural rate of crime. Our main finding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105372
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Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud, has gained relatively modest attention in the economic literature. This paper seeks to fill this gap. We explore differences between benefit fraud and tax evasion due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822596
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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999931