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The Political Effects of the Taxpayer Receipt Funding generously provided by the Omidyar Network Ethan Porter, University of Chicago Lucy Barnes, University of Kent Avi Feller, University of California-Berkeley Jake Haselswerdt, University of Missouri

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The Political Effects of the Taxpayer

Receipt

Funding generously provided by the Omidyar Network

Ethan Porter, University of ChicagoLucy Barnes, University of KentAvi Feller, University of California-BerkeleyJake Haselswerdt, University of Missouri

The Taxpayer Receipt

Overall Political Knowledge

Knowledge of Overseas Aid

Attitudes to taxation

Attitudes to taxation in the control group

Attitudes to taxation

Attitudes to taxation in the control and treatment groups

Conclusion• Taxpayer receipts increased political knowledge.

• Receipts made citizens more willing to substantively participate in the political process.

• Receipts had no effect on trust in government.

• Receipts brought citizens' redistributive preferences more in line with their self-interest.