Survey of Japanese Taxpayers’ Attitudes Towards and Knowledge of Fiscal Policy Issues: Documentation Paper

Bernd Hayo and Tomomi Miyazaki ()
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Tomomi Miyazaki: Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan

MAGKS Papers on Economics from Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung)

Abstract: This paper provides background information, questionnaires and basic descriptive statistics from a representative opinion survey on fiscal policy issues in Japan conducted in 2025. The survey covers various topics related to fiscal policy in Japan: (1) objective and subjective knowledge of government debt and public finance in Japan; (2) objective knowledge of several macroeconomic indicators; (3) sources of information about the economy and financial matters; (4) an experiment examining whether information on different public debt indicators affects people’s attitudes towards fiscal consolidation; and (5) political attitudes and affiliations. A broad range of socio-demographic and economic indicators is also collected.

Keywords: Survey evidence; fiscal policy; government debt; knowledge of economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D90 E62 H60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 85 pages
Date: 2026
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