Unintended Consequences of Public Policy

This dissertation consists of three independent essays quantifying the unintended consequences of a set of public policies. Chapters 1 and 2 explore the interaction between taxpayers and the tax authority. In particular, I explore how changes in the perceived probability of monitoring and detection can influence taxpayers' behavior. Chapter 3 examines how the implementation of a pollution-focused driving restriction can displace resources away from policing.

Author

• Lopez Luzuriaga, Andrea

Language

• English

Keyword

• Unintended consequence
• Property tax
• Crime displacement
• Income tax
• Randomized field experiment
• Deduction
• Evasion
• Sales tax
• Tax compliance
• Spillovers
• Threshold

Date created

• 2020

Related url

•  https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/science/article/pii/S0047272718300896

Type of Work

• Dissertation

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Economics

Degree

• Ph.D.

Advisor

• E. Carrillo, Paul

Committee Member(s)

• Stuart, Bryan
• S. Malik, Arun

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/v692t697z