Fiscal Illussion As Public Economy Failure: A Study on the Aegean Region

Ulvi Sandalcı; İnci Sandalcı

Makale detayları

Fiscal Illussion As Public Economy Failure: A Study on the Aegean Region

Yazarlar:

Ulvi Sandalcı | İnci Sandalcı

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Makro İktisat (Diğer)

Dergi:

Maliye Çalışmaları Dergisi Issue 72, pp.79-99

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001338583

pISSN:

2757-6396

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Özet:

 With the fiscal illusion, which is seen as a failure of the public economy, individuals cannot fully and accurately perceive their tax burden. As a result, more public good services are demanded and expenditures increase. The excessive increase in public expenditures returns toindividualsbyincreasingtaxburdens.Fiscalillusions,which arise due to reasons such as the complexity of the tax system, automatic increases in taxes, and the preference for borrowing or printing money instead of taxation, prevent the individual and the state from making rational decisions. Failure to makerational decisions negatively affects the economic and financial power of both the individual and the state, leading to a decrease in social welfare. Therefore, it is important to determine the level of financial illusion and minimise it. The current study determines the level of financial illusion by the survey method and to present various policy recommendations according to the results. In this context, f inancial illusion levels were measured by applying a survey to 608 individuals in the Aegeanregion. Thedata obtained from the survey wereanalysed using the SPSS 22 package programme. According to the results of the study, the financial illusion level of the individuals participating in the survey is above average. However, the level of financial illusion increases as age and income level increases and, decreases as education level increases. In addition, it was determined that the financial illusion level of men, singles and Aydın was higher than their groups.

 With the fiscal illusion, which is seen as a failure of the public economy, individuals cannot fully and accurately perceive their tax burden. As a result, more public good services are demanded and expenditures increase. The excessive increase in public expenditures returns toindividualsbyincreasingtaxburdens.Fiscalillusions,which arise due to reasons such as the complexity of the tax system, automatic increases in taxes, and the preference for borrowing or printing money instead of taxation, prevent the individual and the state from making rational decisions. Failure to makerational decisions negatively affects the economic and financial power of both the individual and the state, leading to a decrease in social welfare. Therefore, it is important to determine the level of financial illusion and minimise it. The current study determines the level of financial illusion by the survey method and to present various policy recommendations according to the results. In this context, f inancial illusion levels were measured by applying a survey to 608 individuals in the Aegeanregion. Thedata obtained from the survey wereanalysed using the SPSS 22 package programme. According to the results of the study, the financial illusion level of the individuals participating in the survey is above average. However, the level of financial illusion increases as age and income level increases and, decreases as education level increases. In addition, it was determined that the financial illusion level of men, singles and Aydın was higher than their groups.

 With the fiscal illusion, which is seen as a failure of the public economy, individuals cannot fully and accurately perceive their tax burden. As a result, more public good services are demanded and expenditures increase. The excessive increase in public expenditures returns toindividualsbyincreasingtaxburdens.Fiscalillusions,which arise due to reasons such as the complexity of the tax system, automatic increases in taxes, and the preference for borrowing or printing money instead of taxation, prevent the individual and the state from making rational decisions. Failure to makerational decisions negatively affects the economic and financial power of both the individual and the state, leading to a decrease in social welfare. Therefore, it is important to determine the level of financial illusion and minimise it. The current study determines the level of financial illusion by the survey method and to present various policy recommendations according to the results. In this context, f inancial illusion levels were measured by applying a survey to 608 individuals in the Aegeanregion. Thedata obtained from the survey wereanalysed using the SPSS 22 package programme. According to the results of the study, the financial illusion level of the individuals participating in the survey is above average. However, the level of financial illusion increases as age and income level increases and, decreases as education level increases. In addition, it was determined that the financial illusion level of men, singles and Aydın was higher than their groups.

 Kamu ekonomisi başarısızlığı olarak görülen mali yanılsama ile bireyler vergi yüklerini tam ve doğru olarak algılayamamaktadır. Bunun bir sonucu olarak da daha fazla kamusal mal ve hizmet talep edilerek harcamalar artmaktadır. Kamu harcamalarında ortaya çıkan aşırı artış da tekrar vergi yüklerinde artışa neden olarak bireylere geri dönmektedir. Vergi sisteminin karmaşıklığı, vergilerdeki otomatik artışlar, vergileme yerine borçlanma veya para basmanın tercih edilmesi gibi nedenlerle ortaya çıkan mali yanılsama birey ve devlet açısından rasyonel kararlar almaya engel olmaktadır. Rasyonel karar alınamaması da hem birey hem de devletin ekonomik ve mali gücünü olumsuz yönde etkileyerek toplumsal refahın azalmasına yol açmaktadır. Bundan dolaydır ki mali yanılsama düzeyinin tespit edilerek en aza indirilmesi önem arz etmektedir. Çalışmanın amacı mali yanılsama düzeyinin anket yöntemiyle tespit edilerek ortaya çıkan sonuca göre çeşitli politika önerileri sunmaktır.BukapsamdaEgebölgesinde608bireyeanketuygulanarakmali yanılsama düzeyleri ölçülmüştür. Anket sonucu elde edilen veriler SPSS 22 paket programı aracılığıyla analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonucuna göre ankete katılan bireylerin mali yanılsama düzeyi ortalamanın üstünde yer almaktadır. Bununla birlikte yaş ve gelir düzeyi arttıkça mali yanılsama düzeyinin arttığı, eğitim düzeyi arttıkça ise azaldığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca erkekler, bekarlar ile Aydının mali yanılsama düzeyinin gruplarına göre daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Makale detayları

Fiscal Illussion As Public Economy Failure: A Study on the Aegean Region

Yazarlar:

Ulvi Sandalcı | İnci Sandalcı

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Makro İktisat (Diğer)

Dergi:

Maliye Çalışmaları Dergisi Issue 72, pp.79-99

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001338583

pISSN:

2757-6396

Public Economics

Market Economics

Public Choice Theory

Fiscal Illusion

SurveyKamu Ekonomisi

Piyasa Ekonomisi

Kamu Tercihi Teorisi

Mali Yanılsama

Anket

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ulvi Sandalcı | İnci Sandalcı

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Makro İktisat (Diğer)

Dergi: Maliye Çalışmaları Dergisi Issue 72, pp.79-99

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 11/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001338583

pISSN: 2757-6396

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ulvi Sandalcı | İnci Sandalcı

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Makro İktisat (Diğer)

Dergi:

Maliye Çalışmaları Dergisi Issue 72, pp.79-99

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001338583

pISSN:

2757-6396