Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201957 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7731
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We examine two Pakistani programs to explore the role of deterrence as well as social and psychological factors in the tax compliance behavior of agents. In the first of these programs, the government began revealing income tax paid by every taxpayer in the country. The second program publicly recognizes and rewards the top 100 tax paying corporations, partnerships, self-employed individuals, and wage-earners. We find that both public disclosure and social recognition of top taxpayers caused a substantial increase in tax payments. We explore the drivers of this behavior, including the shift of social norms toward compliance.
Subjects: 
tax evasion
income tax
social norms
JEL: 
H24
H25
H26
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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