We ask whether attitudes toward government play a causal role in the evasion of U.S. personal income taxes. We first use individual-level survey data to demonstrate a link between sharing the party of the president and trust in the administration generally and opinions on taxation and spending policy, more specifically. Next, we move to the county level, and measure tax behavior as elections, d...

We ask whether attitudes toward government play a causal role in the evasion of U.S. personal income taxes. We first use individual-level survey data to demonstrate a link between sharing the party of the president and trust in the administration generally and opinions on taxation and spending policy, more specifically. Next, we move to the county level, and measure tax behavior as elections, d...

JEFF COLLMANN Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA JANE BLAKE Booz Allen Hamilton, Arlington, VA, USA DAV ID BR IDGELAND Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA LARA K INNE Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA NIL I SAR IT YOSS INGER Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA ROB IN DILLON Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA SUSAN MART IN Georgetown University, Washington,...

D. Y. Lin,’>’>* P. Arbogast,’)’ D. S. S i ~ c o v i c k , ~ ~ ~ and R. N. Lemaitre’ IDepartment of Biostatistics, Box 357232, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A. Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1360, Seattle, Washington 9810 1, U . S. A. 3Department of Epidemiology, Box 357236, University of ...

1 Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Departments of Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20010, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] 3 Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA 4 Integrative Systems Biol...