From 63b6b7721ffecc1948c84463b8112f27bbe065e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris-Larkin Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:22:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] even more --- .../publication/larkin-sanders-andresen-algate-2018/index.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/publication/larkin-sanders-andresen-algate-2018/index.md b/content/publication/larkin-sanders-andresen-algate-2018/index.md index 6a53752..1a2a45a 100644 --- a/content/publication/larkin-sanders-andresen-algate-2018/index.md +++ b/content/publication/larkin-sanders-andresen-algate-2018/index.md @@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ publication_short: "" abstract: The use of behavioral science interventions, and particularly social norms, in tax compliance is a growing industry for scholars and practitioners alike in recent years. However, the causal mechanism of these interventions is unknown, where effects could be explained by a pro-social desire to support one’s community, conditional cooperation, desire to conform, or fear of reprisals. We conduct a field experiment in local government taxation in the United Kingdom which tests the effectiveness of a social (descriptive) norm against a control condition and against messages that highlight the enforcement process. The social norm outperforms enforcement salience, suggesting that this explanation, although more powerful than the control, does not fully explain compliance effects. This study further provides evidence that social norm type interventions can be effective at the subnational level, a context where previous work has shown they may produce null effects. tags: -- 'Taxation', 'Social norms', 'Reference groups', 'Local', 'RCTs' + - Policy + - Local + - RCTs + - Behavioural Science featured: false # links: