Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179414 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
EERI Research Paper Series No. 13/2017
Publisher: 
Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels
Abstract: 
We model how the interplay between tax surveillance institutions and civic capital shapes taxpayers' support for welfare state. We show that, when tax surveillance is tight, rational civic-minded individuals express greater support for welfare spending than uncivic ones. We provide empirical evidence of these preferences using data from Italy, a country that has long posed a puzzle for public economists for its limited civic capital and large welfare state.
Subjects: 
Welfare state
redistribution
tax surveillance
trust
civic capital
social capital
JEL: 
H10
H53
D63
D69
Z1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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