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Behavioural Insights and Public Policy: A Discussion – Part 1

The closing panel of our recent Behavioural Economics and Public Policy conference included leading politicians and policy makers sharing their views on behavioural insights (BI)… Read More ›

More Bang for Your Buck: What Makes People Less Willing to Pay Tax?

As Sven Steinmo states in his book Taxation and democracy, “Governments need money. Modern governments need lots of money.” This is no less true today… Read More ›

Evaluating the Tax Dispute Resolution System in the United States: A Dispute Systems Design Perspective

Previously on the blog, Melinda Jone evaluated Australia’s tax dispute resolution system  in the context of the Australian Taxation Office’s reinvention program. In this piece,… Read More ›

Australia’s Mature Age Worker Tax Offset: The Employment Effects and Fiscal Cost Consequences

We evaluate the employment effects of Australia’s Mature Age Worker Tax Offset (MAWTO) using administrative data from the taxation office.  Our study shows how large-scale… Read More ›

Seeking Sanity on GST Sanitary Tax Debate

The current debate about whether to remove the GST on tampons is a great example of how the big picture gets lost in a fight about narrow… Read More ›