The effects of mass media campaigns on individual attitudes towards tax compliance; quasi-experimental evidence from survey data in Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 10-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Musharraf R. Cyan ◽  
Antonios M. Koumpias ◽  
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
Quasi Experimental

scholarly journals Tabloid media campaigns and public opinion: Quasi-experimental evidence on Euroscepticism in England

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Foos ◽  
Daniel Bischof
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Eu

Whether powerful media outlets have consequential effects on public opinion has been at the heart of theoretical and empirical discussions about the media’s role in political life. The ef- fects of media campaigns are difficult to study because citizens self-select into media consump- tion. Using a quasi-experiment – the 30-years boycott of the most important Eurosceptic tabloid newspaper, “The Sun”, in Merseyside caused by the Hillsborough soccer disaster – we identify the effects of "The Sun" boycott on attitudes towards leaving the EU. Difference-in-differences designs leveraging public opinion data spanning three decades, supplemented by official refer- endum results, show that the boycott caused EU attitudes to become more positive in treated areas. This effect is driven by cohorts socialised under the boycott, and by working class voters who stopped reading "The Sun". Our findings have implications for our understanding of public opinion, media influence, and ways to counter such influence, in contemporary democracies.

scholarly journals Corruption and the Desire to Leave Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Corruption as a Driver of Emigration Intentions

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Auer ◽  
Friederike Römer ◽  
Jasper Tjaden
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Estimation Bias ◽  
Global Survey ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Conventional Models ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractWhether and to what extent corruption drives emigration has received growing attention in the literature in recent years, yet the nature of the relationship remains unclear. To test causal claims, we rely on representative global survey data of more than 280,000 respondents across 67 countries from 2010 to 2014. We use two different measures of emigration intentions and individual, as well as country-level measures of corruption, and propose to instrument the endogenous presence of corruption in a country with the prevalence of cashless transactions in the economy to correct for potential estimation bias. We find robust support for the hypothesis that corruption increases emigration intentions across countries. The effect, however, is likely to be underestimated in conventional models that do not account for endogeneity. The results highlight the need to look beyond purely economic, social, security-related, and environmental drivers when assessing the root causes of migration.

scholarly journals Tabloid Media Campaigns and Public Opinion: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Euroscepticism in England

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
FLORIAN FOOS ◽  
DANIEL BISCHOF
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Effects Of Media ◽  
The Eu

Whether powerful media outlets have effects on public opinion has been at the heart of theoretical and empirical discussions about the media’s role in political life. Yet, the effects of media campaigns are difficult to study because citizens self-select into media consumption. Using a quasi-experiment—the 30-year boycott of the most important Eurosceptic tabloid newspaper, The Sun, in Merseyside caused by the Hillsborough soccer disaster—we identify the effects of The Sun boycott on attitudes toward leaving the EU. Difference-in-differences designs using public opinion data spanning three decades, supplemented by referendum results, show that the boycott caused EU attitudes to become more positive in treated areas. This effect is driven by cohorts socialized under the boycott and by working-class voters who stopped reading The Sun. Our findings have implications for our understanding of public opinion, media influence, and ways to counter such influence in contemporary democracies.

Enforcing Wealth Taxes in the Developing World: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
Juliana Londoño-Vélez ◽  
Javier Ávila-Mahecha
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Voluntary Disclosures ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Wealth Tax

This paper investigates the feasibility of wealth taxation in developing countries. It uses rich administrative data from Colombia and leverages a government-designed program for voluntary disclosures of hidden wealth as well as the threat of detection triggered by the Panama Papers leak. There are two key findings. First, there is substantial (primarily offshore) evasion: two-fifths of the wealthiest 0.01 percent evade taxes, with these evaders concealing one-third of their wealth offshore. Second, strengthening enforcement can have a significant impact on wealth tax compliance, tax revenue, and progressivity. These results highlight both challenges and opportunities for wealth taxation in the developing world. (JEL D31, G51, H24, H26, K34, O15)

A Systematic Review of Community-wide Media Physical Activity Campaigns: An Update From 2010

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 552-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lira Yun ◽  
Elaine M. Ori ◽  
Younghan Lee ◽  
Allison Sivak ◽  
Tanya R. Berry
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
Campaign Evaluation ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Background:Mass media campaign is an integral tool to influence physical activity participant behaviors. The purpose of the systematic review was to identify the effectiveness of mass media campaigns in promoting physical activity.Methods:Literature update from January 2010 to September 2016 was conducted in 13 databases. Full text articles of 128 were screened, and 23 articles (18 campaigns) were selected from the initial 1692 articles.Results:All campaigns involved mass media advertisements to promote physical activity to general individuals (n = 2), adults (8), children (4), older adults (2), and parents of children (n = 2). The campaign evaluation designs included clustered RCT (2), cohort (3), quasi-experimental (9), and cross-sectional (9). Eight articles demonstrated significant campaign impact on proximal, 6 on intermediate, 5 on distal outcomes, and 6 on distal change based on either proximal or intermediate outcome.Conclusion:The current review assessed the outcome evaluation of mass media physical activity campaigns that varied in their respective scope, target population and outcomes measured to identify individual changes at proximal, intermediate, and distal level. Results from formative and process evaluation as well as dose-response and cost-effective analysis are suggested to provide valuable evidence for campaign stakeholders and planners.

MEMIKAT HATI WAJIB PAJAK SEHINGGA MEMILIKI WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY MELALUI PENYULUHAN PAJAK BERDASARKAN FOGG BEHAVIORAL MODEL

INFO ARTHA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 56-79
Author(s):  
NFN Khusnaini ◽  
Agung Widi Hatmoko
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Behavioral Model ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Process

Attitudes towards tax compliance (willingness to comply) Indonesian society is still low. Required an innovative tax dissemination to increase it. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the tax dissemination based on Fogg Behavioral Model (FBM) approach may increase wiliingness to comply. The FBM based tax dissemination asserts that for a person to perform a target behavior, which is a willingness to comply, he or she must be sufficiently motivated, have the ability to perform the behavior, and be trigerred, to perform the behavior. This research is a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis of statistical data results of the questionnaire, interviews, and observations of the respondent and the experimental process of dissemination. The method used in this study is a quasi experimental with patterns of nonequivalent control group (pretest-post which is not equivalent). Based on the results of data analysis, interviews and observations of the respondent and the experiment, this research showed that theFBMbasedtaxdissemination hasapositiveimpactto willingnesstocomplyofthetaxpayers. 

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