Tax morale, public goods, and politics: Experimental evidence from Mozambique
This policy brief presents findings from a study of how taxpayers respond to information cues about public good provision and local government autonomy in Quelimane, Mozambique.
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- This policy brief presents findings from a study of how taxpayers respond to information cues about public good provision and local government autonomy in a Mozambican city.
- Informing people about the public goods built by their municipal government – roads, drainage ditches, etc. – increased their willingness to pay property taxes and their satisfaction with the government.
- Including a political message had no effect on its own and may have reduced the effect of the public goods message.