Fraud Concerns and Support for Economic Relief Programs

Ingar K. Haaland and Andreas Olden

No 9925, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Using a probability-based sample of the Norwegian population, we test whether an informational treatment about fewer audits by the Norwegian Tax Administration during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis affects support for an economic relief program designed to save jobs and prevent bankruptcies. The information treatment significantly reduces support for the economic relief program. The underlying mechanisms are lower trust in the tax administration’s handling of the program and more pessimism about its ability to detect fraud.

Keywords: policy preferences; economic relief programs; information; audit activities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 H25 H26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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