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Endogenous Norm Formation over the Life Cycle. The Case of Tax Evasion
(2011-06)
This paper offers an explanation to why the general observation that elderly hold stronger moral attitudes than young ones may be an age rather than a cohort effect. We apply mechanisms from social psychology to explain ...
Are Men Really More Overconfident than Women? - A Natural Field Experiment on Exam Behavior
(2010-08)
This paper reports from a simple natural field experiment based on an eco-nomics exam. Part of the exam consisted of 30 multiple choice questions, where the students obtained 1 point per correct answer while 1 point was ...
Maximum fee vs child benefit: A welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform
(2007-04-03)
The effects of a recent Swedish child-care fee reform are compared with those
of an alternative reform, increased child benefits. The fee reform implied considerably
decreased fees and was intended to increase both labor ...
Intergovernmental grants and fiscal competition
(2009-01-08)
This theoretical paper shows how a central government can induce a policy
concerning a municipal matter through a package of a policy requirement
and a grant. We find that, due to fiscal competition and the possibility ...
BEQUESTS, GIFTS, AND EDUCATION Swedish evidence on parents transfer behavior
(2002)
We study the motives behind parents' transfers to their children, and
the relationship between tangible transfers and educational investments.
Another issue is the channels parents choose for tangible transfers.
Do they ...
Nudges and Threats: Soft vs Hard Incentives for Tax Compliance
(2021-02)
We study what induces delinquent taxpayers to pay their taxes due. We use high quality administrative
data from the Swedish Tax Agency. We find a strong effect of the standard enforcement regime: a threat of having the ...
Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age - An experiment in Austria and Sweden
(2010-11)
We examine social preferences of Swedish and Austrian children and adolescents using the experimental design of Charness and Rabin (2002). We find that difference aversion decreases while social-welfare preferences increase ...
Tax Evasion and the Importance of Trust
(2005)
Unless people pay the taxes they are obliged to pay, a general welfare state will eventually
collapse. Thus, for the welfare state to survive in the long run, tax compliance is of utmost importance. Using Swedish individual ...
A theoretical framework explaining the mechanisms of nudging
(2019-03)
In this paper we develop a theoretical model to clarify the underlying mechanisms that drive individual decision making and responses to behavioral interventions, such as nudges. The contribution of the paper is three-fold: ...
Social preferences in childhood and adolescence - A large-scale experiment
(2010-06)
Social preferences have been shown to be an important determinant of economic decision making for many adults. We present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants ...