Endogenous Norm Formation Over the Life Cycle – The Case of Tax Morale
| Autor: | Katarina Nordblom, Jovan Žamac |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Age effect Project commissioning business.industry Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Tax evasion jel:D03 jel:H26 Normative social influence Cohort effect Publishing Political science Social norms Endogenous norms Cognitive dissonance Self-signaling Normative conformity Norm (social) business Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP). 42(2):153-170 |
| Popis: | Elderly are generally observed to have stronger tax morale than young people. We explain why this may be an age rather than a cohort effect. We apply mechanisms from social psychology to explain how personal norms may evolve over the life cycle due to their past behavior (e.g., cognitive dissonance) and/or by the attitudes of peers (normative conformity). We can explain the difference between young and old people's moral values as an age effect with heterogeneous norm-updating where those who identify with their network conform with it, while others are influenced by their own past behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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