Balancing Fairness: Public Preferences for Vertical, Horizontal, and Exchange Equity in Tax Policy

• In Event: Public Policy Opinion, Perceptions, and Behavior

Brief Overview

This paper explores public preferences for tax policies by examining how different forms of distributive justice—vertical, horizontal, and exchange equity—shape support for tax policies.

Authors

• Kim-Lee Tuxhorn, University of Calgary

• Jonathan Farrar, Wilfrid Laurier University

• Eva Kristina Matthaei, Radboud University