@article{Ait:2020:10.1371/journal.pone.0229394,
author = {Ait, Bihi Ouali L},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0229394},
journal = {PLoS One},
pages = {1--22},
title = {Effects of signalling tax evasion on redistribution and voting preferences: evidence from the panama papers},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229394},
volume = {15},
year = {2020}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper provides empirical evidence that individuals substantially revise their stated wealth redistribution preferences after fiscal scandals. The 2016 Panama Papers scandal revealed top-income tax evasion behaviour simultaneously worldwide. The empirical investigation exploits this event as a quasi-natural experiment. I rely on two original datasets, a UK household longitudinal dataset and a survey conducted in 22 European countries. I use a difference-in-differences strategy and find that pro-redistribution statements increased between 2% and 3.3% after the scandal. Responses are heterogeneous and larger for right-wing individuals and low-income individuals. This change in wealth redistribution preferences is likely to have been translated into a slight change in votes. The results suggest an increase in stated voting intentions for the left and a decrease for the right. Complementary estimations reveal that more media coverage and more individuals involved by country increase the magnitude of the response.
AU  - Ait,Bihi Ouali L
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0229394
EP  - 22
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1932-6203
SP  - 1
TI  - Effects of signalling tax evasion on redistribution and voting preferences: evidence from the panama papers
T2  - PLoS One
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229394
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229394
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77684
VL  - 15
ER  - 

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