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Reminders & Recidivism

Authors: John Guyton, Day Manoli, Brenda Schafer and Michael Sebastiani

This project presents experimental evidence on the effects of one-time and follow-up reminders on tax filing decisions among lower-income nonfilers.

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Psychological Frictions and Incomplete Take-up

Authors: Saurabh Bhargava, Day Manoli

Bhargava, Saurabh, and Dayanand Manoli. 2015. “Psychological Frictions and the Incomplete Take-Up of Social Benefits: Evidence from an IRS Field Experiment.” American Economic Review, 105(11): 3489-3529.

This paper analyzes a field experiment conducted in collaboration with the IRS to examine response rates to different taxpayer notifications.

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