The Impact of Tax Price on Spending Preferences

Authors: Mark D. Robbins¹; Bill Simonsen¹; Barry Feldman²

Source: Public Budgeting and Finance, Volume 24, Number 3, September 2004 , pp. 82-97(16)

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Abstract:

In this article, we explore the influence of tax price information on citizen preferences for taxes and spending using mail surveys. We explore the effects on service support when varying levels of cost information. We also observe how the magnitude of service costs influences service support. While the presence of cost information corresponded with lower levels of respondent support for the most costly services, it was associated with higher levels of support for less expensive services. These effects were the same whether the tax price represented the respondent's actual household cost or the jurisdiction average household cost for each service.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0275-1100.2004.02403005.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut, 1800 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117 2: University of Connecticut's Department of Public Policy, West Hartford, Connecticut, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107

Publication date: 2004-09-01