Publications

The Tax Administration Centre produces a range of publications including academic research papers and policy briefings. These papers can be accessed through the links below.

Paper No Title Authors Date
037 - 24

Principles for Pareto efficient border carbon adjustment

Michael Keen and Christos Kotsogiannis Mar-24
036 - 21

Marketed Tax Avoidance Schemes: An Economic Analysis

Jiao Li, Duccio Gamannossi Degl'Innocenti, Matthew D. Rablen Nov-21
0‌35 - 21 Do Tax Audits Have a Dynamic Impact?  Evidence from Corporate Income Tax Administrative Data Christos Kotsogiannis, Luca Salvadori, John Karangwa and Theonille Mukamana Feb-22
034 - 21 ‌Does Voting on Tax Fund Destination Imply a Direct Democracy Effect? Nicolas Jacquemet, Stéphane Luchini and Antoine Malézieux Jun-21
033 - 21 Detecting Anomalies in Heterogeneous Population-Scale VAT Networks Angelos Alexopoulos, Petros Dellaportas, Stanley Gyoshev, Christos Kotsogiannis, Sophia C Olhede and Trifon Pavkov Jun-21
032 - 21 On Commodity Tax Harmonization and Public Goods Provision Christos Kotsogiannis and Miguel-Angel Lopez Garcia Jun-21

031 - 20

40 Years of Tax Evasion Games: A Meta-Analysis James Alm and Antoine Malézieux Aug-20
030 - 20 Assessing the Effects of Issue Framing on Fiscal Attitudes: Evidence from a Survey Experiment John D'Attoma, Kim-Lee Tuxhorn and Sven Steinmo Feb-20
Commodity Tax Harmonization and Public Goods Provision Christos Kotsogiannis and Miguel-Angel Lopez Garcia Jan-20
028 - 19 Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting and Externalities: Can Government Intervention Improve Welfare?  Christos Kotsogiannis and Robert Schwager  Oct-19 
027 - 19 Who’ll stop lying under oath? Empirical evidence from Tax Evasion Games Antoine Malezieux with Stephane Luchini, Nicolas Jacquemet and Jason F Shogren  May-19
026 - 19 Sample size determination for risk-based tax auditing Christos Kotsogiannis, with Petros Dellaportas and Evangelos Ioannidis Mar-19
Gender, social value orientation, and tax compliance John D'Attoma, Clara Volintiru, and Antoine Malezieux Jan-19‌
024 - 19 A psychometric investigation of the personality traits underlying individual tax morale Antoine Malezieux, with Nicolas Jacquemet, Stephane Luchini, and Jason F Shogren Jan-19
023 - 19 Tax evasion as contingent debt Christos Kotsogiannis and Xavier Mateos-Planas Jan-19
022 - 18

Tax evasion on a social network

Duccio Gamannossi degl'Innocenti and Matthew D Rablen Oct-18
021 - 18

Pareto-improving indirect tax coordination and tax diversity

Christos Kotsogiannis and Miguel-Angel Lopez-Garcia Sep-18
020 - 18
Improving the Realism of Tax CGE Models Christopher Heady Jul-18
019 - 17 Tax avoidance on a social network Duccio Gamannossi degl’Innocenti and Mathew D. Rablen Nov-17
018 - 17 The Effect of Personal Allowance Withdrawal on Personal Pension Contributions Christopher Heady Sept-17
017 - 16

Voluntary Disclosure Schemes For Offshore Tax Evasion: An Analysis

Matthew Gould & Matthew Rablen

Jan-16

016 - 16 Measuring Tax Compliance Attitudes: What Surveys Can Tell Us About Tax Compliance Behaviour Diana Onu

Jan-16

015 - 15

Does Using Behavioural Prompts in Pre-Populated Tax Forms Affect Compliance? Results From an Artefactual Field Experiment With Real Taxpayers.

Miguel Fonseca & Shaun Grimshaw Sept-15
014 - 15 The Hidden Economy in Europe: A Tale of Deterrence and Morale Ana Cinta G. Cabral, Christos Kotsogiannis & Gareth Myles

Aug-15

Optimal Performance Reward, Tax Compliance and Enforcement Christos Kotsogiannis & Konstantinos Serfes

Feb-15

012 - 15

Tax Talk: What Online Discussions about Tax Reveal about Our Theories

Diana Onu & Lynne Oats Jan-15
011 - 15

How Long Lasting are the Effects of Audits

Arun Advani, William Elming & Jonathan Shaw

Jan-15

010 - 14 Self-Employment Underreporting in Great Britain: Who and How Much? Ana Cinta G.Cabral, Gareth Myles & Christos Kotsogiannis Dec-14
009 - 14 "Paying Tax is Part of Life": Social Norms and Social Influence in Tax Communications Diana Onu & Lynne Oats Nov-14
008 - 14

Predictive Analytics and the Targeting of Audits

Nigar Hashimzade, Gareth Myles, Matthew Rablen Oct -14
007 - 14 Measuring Outcomes Karen Boll & Lynne Oats (assisted by Carlene Wynter) Oct- 14
006 - 14

Social Norms and Tax Compliance

Diana Onu & Lynne Oats May-14

Do Students Behave Like Real Taxpayers?  Experimental Evidence on Taxpayer Compliance from the Lab and From the Field

Lawrence Choo, Miguel Fonseca & Gareth Myles Apr-14
004 - 13

The Use of Agent-Based Modelling to Investigate Tax Compliance

Nigar Hashimzade, Gareth Myles, Frank Page & Matthew Rablen

Nov-13 
003 - 13

Tax Compliance Costs For the Small and Medium Enterprise Business Sector: Recent Evidence from Australia

Chris Evans, Phil Lignier & Binh Tran-Nam Sep-13 
002 - 13

Taxpayers’ Behavioural Responses and Measures of Tax Compliance ‘Gaps’: A Critique

Norman Gemmell & John Hasseldine Sep-13 
001 - 13 

Prospect Theory and Tax Evasion: A Reconsideration of the Yitzhaki Puzzle

Matthew Rablen & Amedo Piolatto Sep-13

‌Below is a list of TARC accepted or published papers:

Title Journal Authors Year Volume Page no.
On commodity tax harmonization and public goods provision Journal of Public Economic Theory Kotsogiannis, C; Lopez-Garcia M-A 2021    
Transfer pricing: changing views in changing times Accounting Forum Rogers, H. and Oats,L. 2021    
When a nudge is (not) enough: Experiments on social information and incentives European Economic Review Jingnan (Cecilia)Chen, Miguel A.Fonseca, Shaun B.Grimshaw 2021 134  
Household Tax Evasion Journal of Public Economic Theory Nigar Hashimzade. Gareth D. Myles. Hana Yousefi 2020    
The ‘Great Lockdown’ and its Determinants Economics Letters Ferraresi, M; Kotsogiannis, C; Rizzo, L; et al 2020    
Sample size determination for risk-based tax auditing Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A Dellaportas, P; Ioannidis, E; Kotsogiannis, C 2020    
Voluntary disclosure schemes for ofshore tax evasion International Tax and Public Finance Matthew Gould and Matthew D. Rablen 2020 27 805–831
Cyclical Tax Enforcement Economic Enquiry José M Durán-Cabré, Alejandro Esteller-Moré, Luca Salvadori  2020    
Accounting Profits and Unitary Taxation (Revisited) British Tax Review Brown, R. & Oats L. 2020 1 63-81
Preordered Service in Contract Enforcement Games and Economic Behaviour Auerbach, J., Fonseca, M.A. 2020 2020   122, 130-149 
The impact of terrorism on tax enforcement effectiveness: a case study of the Basque Country and Navarre Regional Studies Luca Salvadori 2020    
More bang for your buck: tax compliance in the United States and Italy Journal of Public Policy John D'Attoma 2020    
Pareto-improving indirect tax coordination and tax diversity Oxford Economic Papers Christos Kotsogiannis and Miguel-Angel Lopez Garcia 2019    
Voluntary Disclosure Schemes for Offshore Tax Evasion International Tax and Public Finance Matthew Gould and Matthew D. Rablen 2020   27 805-831 
Knock, knock: The taxman's at your door! Practical sense, empathy games, and dilemmas in tax enforcement Journal of Business Ethics Wynter, C; Oats, L 2019     
Tax evasion on a Social Network Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation Duccio Gamannossi degl'Innocente and Matthew D. Rablen 2020  169 79-91
Gaming the System: An Investigation of Small Business Owners' Attitudes to Tax Avoidance, Tax Planning, and Tax Evasion Games Diana Onu, Lynne Oats, Erich Kirchler and Andre Julian Hartman 2019

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Corporate Tax Avoidance: Is Transparency the Answer? Accounting and Business Research 49 (5) open access Oats, L. and Tuck P. 2019   565-583
Evolving perspectives on the evolving arm's length principle and formulary apportionment British Tax Review Rogers H. and Oats L. 2019 2 150-165
Taxing Large Business: Cooperative Compliance in Action Intereconomics Björklund Larsen, L. and Oats, L 2019    
The US Compliance Assurance Process: A Relational Signalling Approach Journal of Tax Administration De Widt, D., Mulligan, E. and Oats, L 2019 5(1)  pp 145-161
A psychometric investigation of the personality traits underlying individual tax morale  BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy Antoine Malézieux, with Nicolas Jacquemet, Stéphane Luchini, and Jason Shogren 2019  19(3)  
Trust in government: Narrowing the ideological gap over the federal budget Journal of Behavioral Public Administration John D'Attoma, Sven Steinmo, and Kim-Lee Tuxhorn 2019 2 (1) 1-13
Self employment income gap in Great Britain: how much and who? CESifo Economic Studies Christos Kotsogiannis (with Ana Cinta Cabral, and Gareth Myles) 2018    
The dynamics of internalised and extrinsic motivation in the ethical decision making of small business owners Applied Psychology: An International Review Lynne Oats (with Diana Onu and Erich Kirchler) 2018    
Don't worry, we're not after you! Anancy culture and tax enforcement Critical Perspectives on Accounting Lynne Oats (with Carlene Wynter) 2018    
Will any gossip do? Gossip does not need to be perfectly accurate to promote trust
Games and Economic Behaviour Miguel Fonseca (and Kim Peters) 2018  107 253-281
A practical guide to setting up your tax evasion game Journal of Tax Administration Antoine Malezieux 2018 4 (1) 107 - 127
More bang for your buck: tax compliance in the United States and Italy Journal of Public Policy John D'Attoma      
What explains the north-south gap in Italian tax compliance? An experimental analysis
Acta Politica John D'Attoma 2018 53  
VAT/GST Thresholds and Small Businesses: Where to Draw the Line?
Canadian Tax Journal Yige Zu 2018 66 (2) 309-347
Cooperative Compliance in Action: A UK/Dutch Comparison, in Mulligan and Oats eds,  Contemporary Issues in Tax Research, Fiscal Publications, Birmingham De Widt, D & Oats, L.  2018 3  
The role of gender in the provision of public goods through tax compliance Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics John D'Attoma (with Dave Bruner and Sven Steinmo) 2017    
Do behavioral nudges in pre-populated tax forms affect compliance? Experimental evidence with real tax payers Journal of Public Policy and Marketing Mioguel Fonseca and Shaun Grimshaw 2017    
Our survey reveals that even Republicans want a fairer tax deal for America Article for "The Conversation" John D'Attoma 2017    
Is the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy measuring two or five dimensions? Evidence in a French sample Psychiatry Research Antoine Malezieux (with Myszkowski, Brunet-Gouet, Roux, Robieux, Boujut, and Zenasni) 2017    
Is tax evasion a personality trait? An empirical evaluation of psychological determinants of "tax morale" Revue Economique Antoine Malezieux (with Jacquemet, Luchini,and Shogren) 2017    
Measuring Tax Compliance Attitudes: What Surveys Can Tell Us About Tax Compliance Behaviour Advances in Taxation Diana Onu 2017 23 173-190
Optimal performance reward, tax compliance and enforcement The Economics Theory Bulletin Christos Kotsogiannis (with Konstantinos Serfes) 2016    
Should tax collection be privatised? Article for "The Conversation" Christos Kotsogiannis      
Paying tax is part of life: Social influence in tax communications Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Diana Onu, and Lynne Oats 2016 124 29-42

Tax Talk: An Exploration of Online Discussions among Taxpayers

Journal of Business Ethics Diana Onu, and Lynne Oats 2016   1-14

Do students behave like real taxpayers in the lab? Evidence from a real effort tax compliance experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Choo, C Y L, Fonseca, M A and Myles, G D 2016 124 102-114

'Cosy deals', Social Media and Tax Morale

Tax Notes International Diana Onu, and Lynne Oats 2016    

Predictive analytics and the targeting of audits

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Nigar Hashimzade, Gareth Myles, and Matthew Rablen 2016 124 130-145

Risk-based audits in a behavioural model

Public Finance Review Nigar Hashinzade and Gareth Myles 2015 145 140-165

Social norms and tax compliance

Journal of Tax Administration Diana Onu, and Lynne Oats 2015 1 (1) 113-137

The behavioural economics of tax enforcement: an agent-based approach

Public Finance Review Nigar Hashimzade, and Gareth Myles 2015    

The use of agent-based modelling to investigate tax compliance

Economics of Governance Nigar Hashimzade, and Gareth Myle 2015 16 143-164

Social Networks and Occupational Choice: The Endogenous Formation of Attitudes and Beliefs about Tax Compliance

Journal of Economic Pschology Hashimzade, N , Myles, G D, Page, F, and  Rablen, M 2014 40 134-146

Below is a list of presentations given by TARC members:

Date Event Author Venue Presentation
Oct 18 Masaryk University Antoine Malezieux Brno, Czech Republic 40 years of Tax Evasion Games: a meta analysis
Sep 18 Institute of Democracy, Konstantinos Karamanlis Christos Kotsogiannis Athens The Role of the Institutions in Economic Development: the Case of a Tax Authority
Sep 2018 University of Groningen Miguel Fonseca Groningen, Netherlands Can Social Information Affect the Effectiveness of Financial Incentives
Sep 2018 Italian Society of Public Economics Duccio Degl'Innocenti Gamannossi Padua Tax Evasion on a Social Network
Sep 2018 TRN Annual Conference John D'Attoma Birmingham A Holistic Approach to Studying Budget Preference
Sep 2018 TRN Annual Conference Duccio Degl'Innocenti Gamannossi Birmingham Tax Evasion on a Social Network
Jul 2018 SAVE / IAREP Conference Miguel Fonseca London Can Social Information Affect the Effectiveness of Financial Incentives
Jul 2018 Global Tax Policy Centre Lynne Oats Vienna Co-operative Compliance and International Compliance Assurance Programs
Jun 2018 TADAT International Seminar Christos Kotsogiannis IMF, London Observed Trends in TADAT Assessment Results and Implications for Domestic Revenue Mobilization
Jun 2018 International Conference of Applied Psychology Shaun Grimshaw and Diana Onu Montreal The role of moral emotions in perceptions on tax avoidance 
Jun 2018 Institute for Fiscal Studies Helen Miller London Self-employment and entrepreneurship: lessons from tax records and challenges for policy
May 2018 3rd International Conference on Taxpayer Rights Lynne Oats Amsterdam Trust and Time: Lessons from Cooperative Compliance
May 2018 Association Francaise de Science Economique Antoine Malezieux Paris Disentangling commitment from social effect in a voting experiment on tax funds
Apr 2018 Cambridge Centre for Tax Law Lynne Oats and John D'Attoma Cambridge The power of history, ideas and interests for tax reform
Apr 2018 TARC 6th Annual Conference John D'Attoma Exeter Mass attitutudes towards the Federal Budget
Mar 2018 American Taxation Association Conference Lynne Oats New Orleans Tax Scholarship in Europe: Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Critical Perspectives
Feb 2018 JOTA Symposium Lynne Oats London Tax Professionals in the Spotlight
Oct 2017 TARC showcase Miguel Fonseca London The impact of stress and negative emotional states on tax filing behaviour
Oct 2017 TARC showcase Diana Onu London Understanding emotional responses in public tax avoidance debates
Oct 2017 TARC showcase Matthew Rablen London Tax avoidance in social networks
Oct 2017 TARC showcase Helen Miller London Using tax records to measure the income shifting of company owner-managers
Jul 2017 18th Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory Matthew Rablen (with A Samuel) Paris Self-reporting and Market Structure
Jul 2017 18th Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory Matthew Rablen, and Duccio Degl'Innocenti Gamannossi Paris Income tax avoidance and evasion: a narrow bracketing approach
Jul 2017 18th Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory Nigar Hashimzade Paris Tax avoidance: rational ignorance of law
Jul 2017 CRETE 2017 (16th Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics) Christos Kotsogiannis Milos

The Greek Economy: Recent Trends

Apr 2017 TARC 5th Annual Conference Antoine Malezieux Exeter Tax Evasion Under Oath
Apr 2017 TARC 5th Annual Conference Duccio Gamannossi and Matthew Rablen Exeter Tax Avoidance on a Social Network
Mar 2017 EKPA (National Kapodistrian University of Athens), with Sir Professor Chris Pissarides Christos Kotsogiannis Athens Tax Policy and Income Inequality
Nov 2016 ASSET Christos Kotsogiannis Thessaloniki Tax evasion and progressivity
Nov 2016 Institute of Fiscal Studies Arun Advani and Jonathan Shaw (with William Elming) London The dynamic effects of tax audits
Aug 2016 European Economics Association Congress Jonathan Shaw Geneva How long-lasting are the effects of audits?
Jun 2016 LAGV 2016 Jonathan Shaw Aix-en-Provence How long-lasting is the effect of audits?
Nov 2015 International Taxpayer Rights Conference Professor Lynne Oats Washington D.C. Cosy Deals, Social Media and Tax Morale
Nov 2015 Tax Gap Project Group at the European Commission.  Fourth meeting Professor Christos Kotsogiannis Rome Self-Employment Underreporting in Great Britain: Who and How much?
Nov 2015 IQTE-TARC First Joint Workshop Jonathan Shaw Beijing Using Administrative Data to Investigate Behaviour
Nov 2015 IQTE-TARC First Joint Workshop Professor Christos Kotsogiannis Beijing Self-employment underreporting in Great Britain: an empirical estimation
Nov 2015 IQTE-TARC First Joint Workshop Professor Christopher Heady Beijing CGE and the Financial Sector
Sep 2015 International Association for Research into Economic Psychology conference Dr Diana Onu Sibiu, Romania Tax Talk
Sep 2015 TARC Summer Showcase Lynne Oats London Role of intermediaries in the relationship of large customers
Sep 2015 TARC Summer Showcase Professor Christopher Heady London Analysing Individuals' use of Tax Reliefs
Sep 2015 SIEP Public Economics Professor Christos Kotsogiannis Ferrara, Italy Self-employment underreporting in Great Britain: an empirical estimation
Aug 2015 European Economics Association Conference Jonathan Shaw    
Aug 2015 71st Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance Jonathan Shaw Dublin How Long Lasting is the Effect of Audits?
Aug 2015 71st Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance Professor Christos Kotsogiannis Dublin Self-employment underreporting in Great Britain: an empirical estimation
Jul 2015 11th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference Professor Lynne Oats and Dr Gregory Morris Stockholm Shifting sands on solid bedrock: hysteresis, tax advisers and large business
Jul 2015 Shadow Economy Conference Professor Gareth Myles Exeter Explaining taxpayer non-compliance evidence from UK administrative data
Jul 2015 Shadow Economy Conference Christos Kotsogiannis, and Ana Cinta G Cabral Exeter In or Out? Participation in the Hidden Economy: A European Perspective
Jul 2015 Shadow Economy Conference Chris Heady Exeter Taxing the informal economy in developing countries
Jul 2015 Shadow Economy Conference Matthew Rablen Exeter Prospect theory and tax evaion: a reconsideration of the Yitzhaki Puzzle
Jun 2015 LAGV 2015 Dr Matthew Rablen Aix-en-Provence Voluntary Disclosure of Offshore Tax Evasion.  A Study of Offshore Disclosure Schemes
Jun 2015 LAGV 2015 Professor Christos Kotsogiannis Aix-en-Provence An Estimate of Self-Employment Underreporting in Great Britain
Apr 2015 Dondena Centre Workshop on Tax Evasion and Tax Compliance Professor Gareth Myles Milan The Economics of Tax Administration
Apr 2015 TARC 4th Annual Workshop Dr Matthew Rablen Exeter Voluntary Disclosure of Offshore Tax Evasion.  A Study of Offshore Disclosure Schemes
Apr 2015 TARC 4th Annual Workshop Jonathan Shaw Exeter How Long Lasting is the Effect of Audits?
Mar 2015 RES Conference Jonathan Shaw Manchester How Long Lasting is the Effect of Audits?
Feb 2015 IBA Conference Professor Christos Kotsogiannis Brescia Self-employment underreporting in Great Britain: an empirical estimation
Oct 2014 Expanding the Frontiers of Behavioural Public Economics Professor Nigar Hashimzade and Professor Gareth Myles Tulane Predictive Analytics and the Targeting of Audits
Jun 2014 HMRC Counter-Avoidance Conference Dr Diana Onu Lincoln

(Non)compliance motivations

Mar 2014 Taxation, Social Norms and Compliance Dr Diana Onu & Professor Lynne Oats Nuremberg

Social Influence and Tax Compliance

Feb 2014 CES, Tax Evasion and Audit Strategy Professor Gareth Myles Munich

Video presentation

Slides

Jan 2014 International Tax Analysis Conference Professor Gareth Myles London Understanding Individual Tax Compliance
Dec 2013 9th competition and Regulation Meeting Gareth Myles Amsterdam Public interest and public economics
Jul 2013 Shadow Economy, Tax Evasion and Governance Professor Gareth Myles, Professor Nigar Hashimzade, Dr Matt Rablen & Professor Frank Page Munster Targeting Audits Using Predictive Analytics 
Jul 2013 Association of Public Economic Theory Professor Gareth Myles Lisbon Does Tax Administration Matter?
Jul 2013 Association of Public Economic Theory Dr Matthew Rablen Lisbon Prospect Theory and Tax Evasion: A Reconsideration
May 2013 SFU/CRA Ottawa Workshop on Compliance Professor Gareth Myles & Professor Nigar Hashimzade Ottawa Agent-Based Modelling and Tax Compliance
Feb 2013 Tax Administration Research Centre launch presentation Professor Gareth Myles London TARC Launch

Below is a list of reports and briefing notes by TARC members:

Date

Title

Prepared by

For

2020

Detecting Network Anomalies in the Value Added Taxes (VAT) system

Angelos Alexopoulos, Petros Dellaportas, Stanley Gyoshev, Christos Kotsogiannis, Trifon Pavkov

Bulgarian National Revenue Agency

2020 An Evaluation of the 2008-2009 Stamp Duty Holiday in Wales Lorenz Adams, Christos Kotsogiannish and Xiaohui Zhang Welsh Government
2019 An experimental investigation of the use of nudges embedded in tax filing software to reduce error rates Miguel Fonseca, Shaun Grimshaw and Christos Kotsogiannis HMRC
2019 Phew! An exploration of the role of relief in tax compliance Diana Onu, Shaun Grimshaw HMRC
2019 The role of moral emotions in responses to tax scandals Diana Onu, Janina Enachescu, and Shaun Grimshaw HMRC
2019 Response to What is Driving Tax Morale John D’Attoma, Lotta Björklund Larsen and Lynne Oats OECD
Dec 2017 The effect of HMRC Taxpayer Compliance: an experimental investigation Cecilia Chen, and Shaun Grimshaw National Audit Office
2017 Who does and doesnt pay taxes Arun Advani Institute of Fiscal Studies
June 2014 The Definition, Measurement, and Evaluation of Tax Expenditures and Tax Reliefs                                              

Nigar Hashimzade, Chris Heady, Gareth Myles, Lynne Oats and Kimberley Scarf,

with assistance from Hana Yousefi  

National Audit Office

 

A list of policy papers produced by TARC is available below:

Title Authors Date
Exploring online tax discussions Lynne Oats & Diana Onu September 2014