The State and Your Hard-Earned Money: A Survey on Moral Perspectives in Public Finance

December 10, 2021

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Paolo Mauro. The State and Your Hard-Earned Money: A Survey on Moral Perspectives in Public Finance, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed November 8, 2024

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Summary

This note provides an overview of recent studies that have begun to investigate how differing moral perspectives shape attitudes toward tax and spending policies. Recent advances in evolutionary moral psychology and their application to survey-based economic analysis yield promising insights. Understanding the moral underpinnings of various groups’ views may help policymakers design and make the case for measures that can muster broader support.

Subject: Economic sectors, Education, Financial crises, Health, Health care, Income, Income distribution, National accounts, Public debt

Keywords: Copyright Page, Economic analysis yield, Global, Hard-earned money, Health care, Income, Income distribution, Loyalty foundation, Moral foundations, Moral philosophy, Political economy, Public debt, Public finance, Public policy, Redistribution, Surveys, Taxation

Publication Details

Pages:

30
Volume:

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Working Paper No. 2021/287
Stock No:

WPIEA2021287
ISBN:

9781616354954
ISSN:

1018-5941

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