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Monika Reinhart, Valerie Braithwaite

Deterrence, Coping Styles and Defiance

Rubrik: Articles
Jahrgang 69 (2013) / Heft 4, S. 439-468 (30)
Publiziert 09.07.2018
DOI 10.1628/001522113X675665
Veröffentlicht auf Englisch.
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Deterrence can boost compliance with tax authorities or undermine it depending on whether taxpayers cope with the threat of taxation through thinking morally, or feeling oppressed, or taking control of the tax they pay. When feeling oppressed dominates thinking morally in response to deterrence, resistant defiance is expressed. When taking control and feeling oppressed dominate thinking morally, dismissive defiance is expressed. Longitudinal data show that perceived deterrence predicts lower tax evasion. Over and above this prediction is the finding that dismissive defiance (which can increase or decrease with deterrence) predicts higher tax evasion. Deterrence needs to be used judiciously. If deterrence promotes dismissive defiance through being seen as too weak or too oppressive, deterrence may prove counterproductive.