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Economics and Finance
Australia
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
75
Citations
25159
World Ranking
347
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Australia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Australia Leader Award
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Benno Torgler is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research spans the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a notable focus on several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Marketing, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Taxation and Compliance Studies, Sports Analytics and Performance, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Sports, Gender, and Society, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, and Social and Intergroup Psychology.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Benno Torgler include:

  • How confidence in health care systems affects mobility and compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Sustainable Entrepreneurship (2024, Journal of Economic Surveys)
  • Can Psychological Traits Explain Mobility Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic? (2020, Social Psychological and Personality Science)
  • How does globalization affect COVID-19 responses? (2021, Globalization and Health)
  • Certified Coronavirus Immunity as a Resource and Strategy to Cope with Pandemic Costs (2020, Kyklos)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Torgler include:

  • Ho Fai Chan
  • Steve J. Bickley
  • David Stadelmann
  • Stephen Whyte
  • Sascha L. Schmidt

Benno Torgler's publications appear frequently in several academic venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PLoS ONE
  • Research Square
  • Journal of Economic Surveys
  • Social Psychological and Personality Science

Their research addresses a range of interdisciplinary topics, including economic behavior, pandemic-related mobility and compliance, global health responses, and the interplay between technology and sustainable entrepreneurship.

Recognition of their work includes membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, reflecting a standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Culture differences and tax morale in the United States and in Europe

    James Alm;Benno Torgler

  • Tax morale and conditional cooperation

    Bruno S. Frey;Benno Torgler

  • The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy

    Benno Torgler;Friedrich G. Schneider

  • Do Ethics Matter? Tax Compliance and Morality

    James Alm;Benno Torgler

  • Speaking to Theorists and Searching for Facts: Tax Morale and Tax Compliance in Experiments

    Benno Torgler

  • The importance of faith: Tax morale and religiosity

    Benno Torgler

  • Tax morale affects tax compliance: Evidence from surveys and an artefactual field experiment

    Ronald G. Cummings;Jorge Martinez-Vazquez;Michael McKee;Benno Torgler

  • Tax morale in Latin America

    Benno Torgler;Benno Torgler

  • Tax morale and direct democracy

    Benno Torgler

  • Tax Effort in Developing Countries and High Income Countries: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability

    Richard M. Bird;Jorge Martinez-Vazquez;Benno Torgler

  • Tax compliance and tax morale : a theoretical and empirical analysis

    Benno Torgler

  • What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries*

    Benno Torgler;Friedrich G. Schneider

  • The determinants of individuals' attitudes towards preventing environmental damage

    Benno Torgler;María A. García-Valiñas

  • Tax Morale, Rule-Governed Behaviour and Trust

    Benno Torgler

  • Tax morale : theory and empirical analysis of tax compliance

    Benno Torgler

  • To evade taxes or not to evade: that is the question

    Benno Torgler

  • Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis

    Benno Torgler;Friedrich Schneider

  • Societal Institutions and Tax Reform in Developing Countries

    Richard Bird;Jorge Martinez-Vazquez;Benno Torgler

  • Tax morale in Asian countries

    Benno Torgler;Benno Torgler

  • Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation

    Benno Torgler;Ihsan C. Demir;Alison Macintyre;Markus Schaffner

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno S. Frey
Bruno S. Frey University of Basel
Friedrich Schneider
Friedrich Schneider Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez Georgia State University
Clevo Wilson
Clevo Wilson Queensland University of Technology
James Alm
James Alm Tulane University
Lars P. Feld
Lars P. Feld Walter Eucken Institut
Erich Kirchler
Erich Kirchler University of Vienna
Richard M. Bird
Richard M. Bird University of Toronto
Paul Frijters
Paul Frijters London School of Economics and Political Science
Shunsuke Managi
Shunsuke Managi Kyushu University

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