EFFECTS OF PUBLICITY AND CONTROL. AN EXPERIMENT WITH MOTOR VEHICLE TAX

EFFECTEN VAN VOORLICHTING EN CONTROLE. EEN EXPERIMENT BIJ DE MOTORRIJTUIGENBELASTING

An experiment was carried out to determine the effects, if any, of governmental measures to prevent non-payment of motor vehicle tax. In the Netherlands for each motor vehicle a tax has to be paid yearly dependent on the weight of the vehicle. The tax is paid by approximately 93% of vehicle owners. In the experiment in which twelve municipalities took part, different combinations of publicity (leaflets, papers) and control were used. It is shown that the publicity and control had a preventive effect which could be seen from the modification in the tax paying behaviour. Education and publicity influence the vehicle owner differently from (police) control. The effect of moral persuasion to pay the tax is shown to be efficient. (TRRL)

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  Staatsuitgeverij

  Christoffel Plantijnstraat 1
  's Gravenhage,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Berghuis, A C
  • Kommer, M M
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 66 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crimes; Economic efficiency; Education; Federal government; Fraud; Payment; Police; Policy; Prevention; Publicity; Surveillance; Taxation; Taxes; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 2284: Education; 5911: Efficiency; 183: Government (national); 8078: Netherlands; 1516: Offence; 272: Payment; 173: Policy; 9149: Prevention; 8573: Publicity; 9101: Surveillance; 268: Tax; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389015
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 9012039835
• Report/Paper Numbers: WODC-33 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM