Fighting Income Tax Evasion with Positive Rewards: Experimental Evidence

Cécile Bazart and Michael Pickhardt

Working Papers from LAMETA, Universtiy of Montpellier

Abstract: This paper provides experimental evidence regarding the influence of positive rewards on income tax evasion behavior. In particular, we experimentally test the impact of positive rewards in form of individual lottery winnings for honest taxpayers. Among other things, we find that these positive rewards lead to a significantly higher rate of tax compliance. Moreover, there are two gender effects. Males not only evade taxes to a much higher extent than females, they also show a stronger positive response to the lottery scheme. This allows us to draw some interesting policy recommendations.

Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2009-01, Revised 2009-06
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