Flat Versus Graduated Tax Regimes: Economics-Based vs. Psychology-Based Explanations for Individual Preferences
Abstract
This study examines preference for a method of taxation under two competing theories; standard economic theory and optimism bias. Specifically, we focus on the contradiction between the tax rate structure taxpayers claim to favor when their decision does not involve self-interest, and the tax rate structure they actually choose when the decision does involve self-interest. We find that participants favor a flat tax rate over graduated tax rates in significantly higher proportions when the choice involves self-interest as opposed to a setting without self-interest.
Published
2019-01-30
How to Cite
LYON, Sarah C.; DALTON, Thomas M.; DALTON, Kenneth C..
Flat Versus Graduated Tax Regimes: Economics-Based vs. Psychology-Based Explanations for Individual Preferences.
The Journal of Business Inquiry, [S.l.], v. 18, n. 2, p. 162-175, jan. 2019.
ISSN 2155-4072.
Available at: <https://journals.uvu.edu/index.php/jbi/article/view/302>. Date accessed: 26 june 2022.
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