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Overview

James Alm is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in economics, focusing primarily on taxation and compliance studies. Their work spans several interconnected domains including fiscal policy, corporate taxation, behavioral economics, and social science applications within economic contexts.

The main fields of study for Alm include Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a notable volume of publications also categorized under Social Sciences. Specific subfields cover Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Gender Studies, Safety Research, and Political Science and International Relations.

Research topics frequently explored by Alm encompass:

  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization

James Alm has published multiple papers, some of the recent works include:

  • "40 years of tax evasion games: a meta-analysis," 2020, Experimental Economics
  • "Small business tax compliance under third-party reporting," 2021, Journal of Public Economics
  • "Tax Policy Measures to Combat the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Considerations to Improve Tax Compliance: A Behavioral Perspective," 2020, FinanzArchiv Public Finance Analysis
  • "Using 'responsive regulation' to reduce tax base erosion," 2020, Regulation & Governance
  • "Using behavioural economics to understand tax compliance," 2022, Economic and Political Studies

Their frequent co-authors include Matthias Kasper, Erich Kirchler, Susane Leguizamón, Bibek Adhikari, and J. Sebastián Leguizamón.

James Alm's work has been disseminated through various publication venues where their contributions appear multiple times. These include SSRN Electronic Journal, Economic and Political Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, FinanzArchiv Public Finance Analysis, and National Tax Journal.

Best Publications

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

    James Alm;Benno Torgler

  • Why do people pay taxes

    James Alm;Gary H. McClelland;William D. Schulze

  • ESTIMATING THE DETERMINANTS OF TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA

    James Alm;Betty R. Jackson;Michael Mckee

  • Does a Seller’s eCommerce Reputation Matter? Evidence from eBay Auctions

    Mikhail I Melnik;James Alm

  • Measuring, Explaining, and Controlling Tax Evasion: Lessons from Theory, Experiments, and Field Studies

    James Alm

  • Measuring, explaining, and controlling tax evasion: lessons from theory, experiments, and field studies

    James Alm

  • Do Ethics Matter? Tax Compliance and Morality

    James Alm;Benno Torgler

  • Do Ethics Matter? Tax Compliance and Morality

    James Alm;Benno Torgler

  • Economic and Noneconomic Factors in Tax Compliance

    James Alm;Isabel Sanchez;Ana De Juan

  • Changing the Social Norm of Tax Compliance by Voting

    James Alm;Gary H. McClelland;William D. Schulze

  • Tax Compliance and Administration

    James Alm

  • Fiscal exchange, collective decision institutions, and tax compliance

    James Alm;Betty R. Jackson;Michael McKee

  • Institutional Uncertainty and Taxpayer Compliance

    James Alm;Betty Jackson;Michael McKee

  • Taxpayer information assistance services and tax compliance behavior

    James Alm;Todd Cherry;Michael L. Jones;Michael McKee

  • AMAZING GRACE: TAX AMNESTIES AND COMPLIANCE***

    James Alm;Michael McKEE;William Beck

  • Fertility and the personal exemption: implicit pronatalist policy in the United States.

    Whittington La;Alm J;Peters He

  • What Motivates Tax Compliance

    James Alm

  • WHAT MOTIVATES TAX COMPLIANCE

    James Alm

  • Corruption and firm tax evasion

    James Alm;Jorge Martinez-Vazquez;Chandler McClellan

  • Russian attitudes toward paying taxes – before, during, and after the transition

    James Alm;Jorge Martinez‐Vazque;Benno Torgler

  • CAN INDONESIA DECENTRALISE SUCCESSFULLY? PLANS, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

    James Alm;Robert H. Aten;Roy Bahl

  • TAX COMPLIANCE AS A COORDINATION GAME

    James Alm;Michael McKee;Michael McKee

  • Distance and Intrastate College Student Migration.

    James Alm;John V. Winters

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael McKee
Michael McKee Appalachian State University
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez Georgia State University
Benno Torgler
Benno Torgler Queensland University of Technology
Erich Kirchler
Erich Kirchler University of Vienna
Todd L. Cherry
Todd L. Cherry University of Wyoming
William D. Schulze
William D. Schulze Cornell University
M.V. Lee Badgett
M.V. Lee Badgett University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jason M. Fletcher
Jason M. Fletcher University of Wisconsin–Madison
James C. Cox
James C. Cox Georgia State University
Gill Valentine
Gill Valentine University of Sheffield

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