Willing to pay? : a reasonable choice approach / Sven Steinmo, John D'Attoma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinmo, Sven, author.

D'Attoma, John, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Compliance.

Conformity.

Tax collection.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Why do people in some societies tend to follow rules and obey the laws more than those in other societies? Is the difference institutional, or is 'culture' a better explanation? These are the central questions confronted in this book. It explores these questions through a large laboratory experimental study which examined tax compliance behaviour in four countries: Sweden, Italy, Britain and the United States. We present what we call a 'Reasonable Choice Approach' demonstrating that most people are motivated to comply with social rules when the rules are clear, coherent, and consistent. This theory argues that most people are both rationally self-interested and social animals who have strong desires to behave according to the norms of their societies. The authors show how institutions can shape individual behaviours and thereby help explain why social behaviours are so different across societies.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Steinmo, Sven Willing to Pay?

ISBN:

0-19-251693-0

0-19-183849-7

0-19-251694-9