Do voters tend to underestimate the costs of government spending? Several features of its tax system make Sweden unusually well suited for testing the proposition that voters systematically misperceive the price tag of new government programs.
Independent Review
Fiscal Illusion and Fiscal Obfuscation: Tax Perception in Sweden
Journal Article
Reference
Sanandaji, Tino and Björn Wallace (2011). “Fiscal Illusion and Fiscal Obfuscation: Tax Perception in Sweden”. Independent Review 16(2), 237–246.
Sanandaji, Tino and Björn Wallace (2011). “Fiscal Illusion and Fiscal Obfuscation: Tax Perception in Sweden”. Independent Review 16(2), 237–246.
Authors
Tino Sanandaji, Björn Wallace
