Consumer Response to Tax Rebates

This paper uses survey techniques to study the extent to which households spend a tax rebate. In July through September 2001, many households received tax rebates of $300 or $600. During August, September, and October 2001 a survey of a representative sample of US households to determine how the rec...

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Published in:The American economic review 2003-03, Vol.93 (1), p.381-396
Main Authors: Shapiro, Matthew D., Slemrod, Joel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consumer behavior
Consumer economics
Consumer spending
Consumers
Consumption
Couples
Disposable income
Economic conditions
Economic models
Economic surveys
Economics
Fiscal policy
Government spending
Household economics
Households
Hypotheses
Impact analysis
Income taxes
Liquidity
Polls & surveys
Propensity to consume
Rebates
Reconciliation
Sales rebates
Shorter Papers
Studies
Tax cuts
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Taxable income
Taxation
Taxes
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Summary:This paper uses survey techniques to study the extent to which households spend a tax rebate. In July through September 2001, many households received tax rebates of $300 or $600. During August, September, and October 2001 a survey of a representative sample of US households to determine how the receipt of the rebate checks would change behavior, was conducted. It was found that only 21.8% of those receiving. The study is intended to extend the understanding of consumer response to fiscal interventions.
ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981
DOI:10.1257/000282803321455368