The importance of faith: Tax morale and religiosity
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Q2. What religions are included in the analysis?
The authors include the main religions around the world, such as CATHOLIC, PROTESTANT, JEWISH, HINDU, MOSLEM, BUDDHIST or ORTHODOX in their analysis.
Q3. What is the main argument of Tittle?
Tittle (1980) argues that older people are more sensitive to the threats of sanctions and over the years have acquired greater social stakes, as material goods, status, a stronger dependency on the reactions from others, so that the potential costs of sanction increase.
Q4. What are the main reasons for the differences in the empirical findings?
Jackson and Milliron (1986, p. 133) argue that there are two main explanations for the differences in the empirical findings: i) many early studies have used linear models, which might produce biased correlation coefficients if the relationship between income level and compliance is not linear but, e.g., curvilinear and ii) it might be that observed income level compliance variations are attributed to different income earned.
Q5. How many adults did Grasmick et al. collect?
Grasmick et al. (1991) used data collected from the annual Oklahoma City Survey in spring 1989 with a random sample of 330 adults.
Q6. What does Hirschi mean by right behavior?
He argues that the right behavior has two components:“Right behavior in the sense of proper performance or rituals honoring what is sacred in the society and hence serving also to bind the society together; and right behavior in the secular sense of what is fair and just” (p. 247).
Q7. What is the effect of corruption on tax morale?
there might be a crowding-out effect of morality among the tax administrators when there are a great number of corrupt colleagues.