Determinantes del apoyo social a aumentar e introducir nuevos impuestos para grupos de altos ingresos en México

Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez, Camilo A. Cepeda-Francese, Alice Krozer and Aurora A. Ramírez-Álvarez
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Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez: El Colegio de México
Camilo A. Cepeda-Francese: El Colegio de México
Alice Krozer: El Colegio de Mexico
Aurora A. Ramírez-Álvarez: El Colegio de Mexico

El Trimestre Económico, 2024, vol. 91 (4), issue 364, 895-924

Abstract: Taxes play an essential role in financing development policies and correcting income inequalities. In this paper, we study the reasons behind the support among the Mexican population for increasing or introducing new taxes, under two different progressivity schemes. Through a face-to-face survey representative of Mexican metropolitan areas, we find that there is substantial support for increasing taxes for high-income groups and corporations. The introduction of new taxes for these groups has a mean support of 47.6% (in comparison with 19.5% for those without a threshold). Increasing taxes for these groups, on the other hand, has a mean support of 31.9% (in comparison with 7% for the taxes paid by the general population). This desire is mediated by the perception that high-income groups do not fulfill their tax obligations. We also find that factors traditionally related to equity and equality of opportunities are less relevant, which suggests that this support could be driven by the desire to equalize outcomes.

Keywords: Taxes; inequality; rich people; Mexico. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 H20 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.20430/ete.v91i364.1911

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