What are the key determinants of taxpayer compliance? And which features of citizen-state relations govern attitudes and behaviour regarding taxation? ...

What are the key determinants of taxpayer compliance? And which features of citizen-state relations govern attitudes and behaviour regarding taxation? ...

-A 'good' natural resource tax regime is one that does not undermine - or strangle - the development of the ordinary tax system, says CMI researcher Odd-Helge Fjeldstad. Different segments of the tax system 'interfere' with each other. If the most resourceful companies and individuals do not contribute with tax revenue due to tax avoidance and exemptions, this will affect the taxpaying behaviour of others.

Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? If we inform voters about the elite’s use of tax havens, are they more likely to take part in elections and other political processes? And does the form on the information matter, are voters more inclined to respond to information that stokes their moral indignation?

This paper studies the relation between self-serving elite behaviour and citizen political participation. We use a fixed effects approach to analyze the ...

This paper studies the relation between self-serving elite behaviour and citizen political participation. We use a fixed effects approach to analyze the ...

Cand. polit Lovise Aalen defended her PhD dissertation at the University of Oslo Friday 4 April. In her dissertation Aalen studies the national political framework of ethnic based federalism. She argues that ethnic political mobilisation must be understood as an outcome of both inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic relations.

Multilateral Aid Agencies and Strategic Donor Behaviour George Mavrotas and Espen Villanger Wider D

Traditional theories of corruption often make assumptions about motivations that may not necessarily be valid. We explored the power of an alternative ...

The belief that women are less corrupt than men is widespread, even among development specialists. Variations in risk aversion and reciprocal behaviour ...

Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters ...

Evolutionary game theory provides the tools to analyze which strategies, or patterns of behaviour, emerge over time through a process of adaptation. Social ...

How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour? Evidence from a randomized sur

Evolutionary game theory provides the tools to analyze which strategies, or patterns of behaviour, emerge over time through a process of adaptation. ...

The Afghan conflict is driven by the impact and behaviour of international troops as well as the illegitimacy of the Afghan government.

Analytical work on the multilateral aid system and strategic donor behaviour.

Including women in local councils is strongly negatively associated with the prevalence of both petty and grand forms of corruption. This reduction in ...

This thesis seeks to assess the factors which affect the judicial behaviour of the Chilean and Argentinean supreme courts in freedom of expression cases. ...

The primary concern of this paper is to discuss the role of various economic factors in explaining corruption in tax administration. The emphasis is on ...

Using survey data of voters in Tanzania, this paper shows that while education does not affect self-reported voting in general elections, it increases ...