Setting Up an Online Panel Representative of the General Population

Blom, Annelies G.; Gathmann, Christina; Krieger, Ulrich

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“…On the one hand, the formation of a larger state may realize economies of scale and reduce the fiscal burden for the individual taxpayer. On the other hand, 7 For a detailed description of the survey methodology, see Blom et al (2015). 8 Specifically, the GIP is based on a three-stage probabilistic stratification which is based on i) primary sampling units stratified by state, governmental district and urbanity, ii) random route listing of households and iii) sample reduction within clusters at random start (Blom et al, 2015).…”

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Citizens’ Trade-offs in State Merger Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

Blesse

Heinemann

2019

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Voters dealing with jurisdictional merger decisions face a trade-off between economies of scale and preference costs. Larger jurisdictions may offer cost advantages, yet the downside is that policies in larger units may be less aligned to voter preferences. Our study is the first to provide evidence on this trade-off on the individual level in an experimental setup. For this purpose, we designed a randomized survey experiment and inquired about preferences on state mergers on a representative sample of the German population. In line with the decentralization theorem, the support for mergers increases with cost savings and falls with preference costs measured as political alignment, respectively. The effects of the cost treatments on merger support are lower for respondents from states that are actually discussed as merger candidates. Effects are also weaker for citizens who have a positive view of their own political participation under the status quo.

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Citizens’ Trade-offs in State Merger Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

Blesse

Heinemann

2019

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“…The response rate in the first waves of the GIP was 42.1%. A study description and more detailed analyses on the representativeness of the GIP can be found in Blom et al [27].…”

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Tax Constraints, Social Policy Preferences, and Support for Redistribution

Naumann

2018

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to explore whether support for the welfare state is lower if people are made aware of its costs. Using data from a series of survey experiments in the German Internet Panel, we analyse individual spending preferences for different areas of the welfare state and support for redistribution. Tax constraints lead to lower support for unemployment benefits and for redistribution. Tax constraints do not affect support for more spending on pensions, healthcare, and long-term care. We consider whether the effect of tax constraints varies with pre-existing political attitudes or with individual material circumstances. We find little evidence that a political ideology makes respondents more responsive to tax constraints. However, we find some support that low income respondents are less responsive to the tax constraint and maintain their high support despite its costs. Attitudes towards the welfare state are not independent of attitudes towards taxation, and we conclude that our understanding of public attitudes might considerably benefit from combining these different strands of the literature.

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“…See http://reforms.uni-mannheim.de/ for background information on the research center. Also see the general survey description in Blom et al (2015) and at http: //reforms.uni-mannheim.de/internet_panel/home/. Examples of GIP-based papers include Kerschbamer and Müller (2017) and Müller and Renes (2017).…”

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Tax Morale and the Role of Social Norms and Reciprocity. Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

Doerrenberg

Peichl

2017

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW.Tax morale and the role of social norms and reciprocity. Evidence from a randomized survey experiment * Philipp Doerrenberg Andreas PeichlNovember 3, 2017 AbstractWe present the first randomized survey experiment in the context of tax compliance to assess the role of social norms and reciprocity for intrinsic tax morale. We find that participants in a reciprocity treatment have significantly higher tax morale than those in a social-norm treatment. This suggests that a potential backfire effect of social norms is outweighed if the consequences of violating the social norm are made salient. We further document the anatomy of intrinsic motivations for tax compliance and present first evidence that previously found gender effects in tax morale are not driven by differences in risk preferences.JEL Classification: H20, H32, H50, C93

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Setting Up an Online Panel Representative of the General Population

Cited by 169 publications

References 10 publications

Citizens’ Trade-offs in State Merger Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

Citizens’ Trade-offs in State Merger Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

Tax Constraints, Social Policy Preferences, and Support for Redistribution

Tax Morale and the Role of Social Norms and Reciprocity. Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

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