TAX FARMING REDUX: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON PERFORMANCE PAY FOR TAX COLLECTORS

Performance pay for tax collectors has the potential to raise revenues, but might come at a cost if it increases the bargaining power of tax collectors vis-à-vis taxpayers. We report the first large-scale field experiment on these issues, where we experimentally allocated 482 property tax units in P...

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Published in:The Quarterly journal of economics 2016-02, Vol.131 (1), p.219-272
Main Authors: Khan, Adnan Q., Khwaja, Asim I., Olken, Benjamin A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Bargaining
Bribery
Client satisfaction
Collusion
Customer satisfaction
Farming
Growth rate
Incentives
Offenses
Pay for performance
Power
Property taxes
Revenue
Satisfaction
Studies
Tax collections
Tax revenues
Taxation
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