Trust in government and its effect on preferences for income redistribution and perceived tax burden
Trust in government and its effect on preferences for income redistribution and perceived tax burden
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对政府的信任及其对收入再分配偏好和感知税收负担的影响
DOI：
10.1007/s10101-013-0134-1
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Eiji Yamamura
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作者：
Eiji Yamamura
本文探讨了邻里之间对政府的信任如何与个人收入再分配偏好和个人对所得税负担的看法相关联。使用来自日本的个人水平的数据，一个国家，具有共同的同质种族和文化背景，本文控制了日本人口中不可观察的异质性，从而减少估计偏差。对政府的信任有三个衡量标准：“对政府部门和政府机构的信任”、“对国会议员的信任”和“对市议会议员的信任”。在控制个人特征后，主要发现：（1）当居民对所在地区政府的信任度高时，人们更倾向于表达收入再分配的偏好;（2）当居民对所在地区政府的信任度高时，人们更倾向于认为自己的税收负担低;（3）当样本分为高于平均收入和低于平均收入的人时，这些结果只在高于平均收入的人中明显观察到，而在低于平均收入的人中观察不到。
This paper explores how trust in government shared by neighbors is associated with individual preferences for income redistribution and individual perceptions regarding income tax burden. Using individual-level data from Japan, a nation with shared homogenous racial and cultural backgrounds, this paper controls for unobservable heterogeneity among Japan’s population, thus reducing estimation bias. Three measures for trust in government are used: “trust in ministries and government agencies”, “trust in diet members”, and “trust in members of municipal councils”. After controlling for individual characteristics, the key findings are: (1) people are more likely to express preferences for income redistribution when trust in government in their residential area is high; (2) people are more likely to perceive their tax burden as low when trust in government in their residential area is high; and (3) when the sample is divided into people with above average income and those with below average income, these results are only clearly observed for people with above average income and not those with below average income.