The framing effect of tax–transfer systems

• Main Author: He Tai-Sen
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Economic theory::Public finance; Social sciences::Economic theory::Microeconomics; Framing Effect; Tax–transfer System
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145005
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The present study investigates the framing effect of tax–transfer systems on work effort decisions. We devised two theoretically equivalent treatments—the redistributive tax treatment and the redistributive transfer treatment—and studied subjects’ work effort choices in a novel public goods experime...