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What Makes People Want To Pay Taxes?

Professor Sven Steinmo was interviewed for the “Colorado Matters” program on Colorado Public Radio (90.1 fm). The interview aired at 10am and 7pm on December 11, 2017.

He talked about his research on tax compliance and the tax “reform” being discussed in Congress:

"Governments around the world have spent years trying to figure out how to get more people to pay their taxes...Economist Sven Steinmo of the University of Colorado Boulder tells Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner about why some people pay their taxes and others don't. Steinmo has also researched what Americans would do if they were in charge of the tax overhaul now being debated in Congress."

to listen the interview and veiw the original publication written by Andrea Dukakis.