Trust in government and its effect on preferences for income redistribution and perceived tax burden

Eiji Yamamura ()

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper explores how a trust in government shared by neighbors is associated with individual preferences for income redistribution and individual perceptions regarding income tax burden. Three measures for trust in government are used: “trust in ministries and government agencies”, “trust in diet members”, and “trust in members of municipal councils”. After controlling for individual characteristics, the key findings are: (1) people are more likely to express preferences for income redistribution when trust in government in their residential area is high; (2) people are more likely to perceive their tax burden as low when trust in government in their residential area is high; and (3) when the sample is divided into high- and low-income earners, these results are only clearly observed for high-income earners and not low-income earners.

Keywords: Trust in government; Redistribution; Perception of tax; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 D63 H20 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07-03
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