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15 October, 2012

Government quality, egalitarianism, and attitudes to taxes and social spending: a European comparison

European Political Science Review, Vol 5 (2013), pp 363-80. First published online July 16, 2012, doi:10.1017/S175577391200015X. The paper analyses how perceptions of government quality – in terms of i

Type of publication: Journal articles | Svallfors, Stefan
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05 December, 2022

New study: This is why Italians are so unwilling to pay taxes

In Western Europe, Italy is at the top when it comes to tax evasion. In 2013, an estimated 27 percent of the entire tax revenue in Italy was evaded. What are the reasons for this? Political scientist ".

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17 September, 2002

Pathways to Retirement and Retirement Incentives in Sweden

The paper describes retirement behavior in different groups of the Swedish labour force and economic incentives to exit the labour market for them, in order to see to what extent these match up. The r

Type of publication: Working papers | Mårten Palme and Ingemar Svensson
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26 March, 2018
Completed: How do human norms form and change?

Completed: How do human norms form and change?

Many societies are dominated by norms that are, in the long run, harmful to their members. How can these norms change?

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01 December, 2011

A Bedrock of Support? Trends in Welfare State Attitudes in Sweden, 1981–2010

Social Policy & Administration issn 0144–5596. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00796.x. Vol. 45, No. 7, December 2011, pp. 806–825 AbstractThis article reports findings about Swedes’ attitudes toward

Type of publication: Journal articles | Svallfors, Stefan
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15 January, 2025

Daniel Waldenström: Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Daniel Waldenström, Professor of Economics and Director of the Taxes and Society research program a

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11 September, 2020

Optimal Climate Policy and the Future of World Economic Development

World Bank Economic Review 33, 21-40 Abstract How much should the present generations sacrifice to reduce emissions today, in order to reduce the future harms of climate change? Within climate economics,

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spears, Dean , Budolfson, M., Dennig, F., Scovronick, N., Siebert, A., Fleurbaey, M. & Fabian Wagner
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18 October, 2022

Culture and tax avoidance: the case of Italy

Critical Policy Studies, volume 15 Abstract Culture is increasingly used as an explanatory variable for tax evasion. So far, we know, however, little about the mechanisms that link culture and tax behav

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hien, Josef
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05 May, 2023

Climate policy in British Columbia: An unexpected journey

Frontiers in Climate 4 Abstract Since introducing a path-breaking carbon tax in 2008, the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has attracted significant attention from climate policy schola

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , & Ekaterina Rhodes
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18 September, 2024

When trusting the state is not enough: broader institutional trust and public support for energy transition policies

Environmental Sociology Abstract Existing research shows that public attitudes toward climate policies reflect political trust. Support for some policies may reflect not only trust in the state and its

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , Bjarnadóttir, S., Ólafsdóttir, S. & J. Beckfield
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