TY - JOUR
T1 - Public ignorance and estate tax repeal
T2 - The effect of partisan differences and survey incentives
AU - Krupnikov, Yanna
AU - Levine, Adam Seth
AU - Lupia, Arthur
AU - Prior, Markus
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - We re-examine whether the broad support for repeal of the estate tax is a result of citizen ignorance. Vie find that increasing information about the estate tax or politics in general has very different effects on Republicans and Democrats. While high- and low- information Republicans support estate tax repeal, Democratic support is higher among those who know less. However, most highly informed people in both parties support repeal. We also show that standard surveys overestimate the extent of misinformation about the estate tax. Therefore, "ignorance" is not a compelling explanation of why so many people support estate tax repeal.
AB - We re-examine whether the broad support for repeal of the estate tax is a result of citizen ignorance. Vie find that increasing information about the estate tax or politics in general has very different effects on Republicans and Democrats. While high- and low- information Republicans support estate tax repeal, Democratic support is higher among those who know less. However, most highly informed people in both parties support repeal. We also show that standard surveys overestimate the extent of misinformation about the estate tax. Therefore, "ignorance" is not a compelling explanation of why so many people support estate tax repeal.
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U2 - 10.17310/ntj.2006.3.02
DO - 10.17310/ntj.2006.3.02
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33751076564
SN - 0028-0283
VL - 59
SP - 425
EP - 437
JO - National Tax Journal
JF - National Tax Journal
IS - 3
ER -