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020 _a9781139026918 (ebook)
020 _z9780521195621 (hardback)
020 _z9780521148054 (paperback)
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_beng
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050 0 0 _aHJ2381
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082 0 0 _a336.2/91
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100 1 _aSheffrin, Steven M.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTax Fairness and Folk Justice /
_cSteven M. Sheffrin.
246 3 _aTax Fairness & Folk Justice
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (264 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520 _aWhy have Americans severely limited the estate and gift tax - ostensibly targeted at only the very wealthy - but greatly expanded the subsidies to low-wage workers through the Earned Income Tax Credit, now the single largest poverty program in the country? Why do people hate the property tax so much, yet seemingly revolt against it only during periods of economic change? Why are some groups of taxpayers more obedient to the tax authorities than others, even when they face the same enforcement regime? These puzzling questions all revolve around perceptions of tax fairness. Is the public simply inconsistent? A sympathetic and unified explanation for these attitudes is based on understanding the everyday psychology of fairness and how it comes to be applied in taxation. This book demonstrates how a serious consideration of 'folk justice' can deepen our understanding of how tax systems actually function and how they can perhaps be reformed.
650 0 _aFairness
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521195621
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139026918
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c37211
_d37211