Professor
Phone: (07)
3138 2517
Fax: (07) 3138 1500
E-mail: benno.torgler@qut.edu.au
Room: Z819, Level 8, Z Block, GP
Staff CV (PDF, 120kB)
Publications (PDF, 101kB)
Qualifications
PhD (Econ) University of Basel (Switzerland), MA (Econ) University of Zurich (Switzerland).
Career Summary
Benno Torgler is Professor of Economics in the School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology. Previously he was a Research Affiliate and Lecturer in the MacMillan Center, Leitner Program in International & Comparative Political Economy at Yale University and a Visiting Scholar of the Law and Economics Program at the University of California-Berkeley, and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at the Georgia State University. He is also a Research Fellow of the Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) in Switzerland and a CESifo Research Affiliate. He is one of the editors of the journal Economic Analysis & Policy, Associate Member of the research group in Economics, Sport and Intangibles, ESIrg (Spain), and an independent advisor of the Institute of Local Public Finance (Germany). His primary research interest lies in the area of economics, but he has also published in journals with a political science, social psychology, sociology and biology focus.
Research and Teaching Interests
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Public Finance, Political Economy and Public Policy, Sportometrics, Law and Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Micro- and Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, Non-Market Economics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Corruption, Development Economics, Entertainment Economics.
Recent Publications (since 2007)
Books
- Frijters, P., U. Dulleck and Torgler, B. (2008). Introductory Economics for Decision Makers. What you Need to Know to Make Economic Decisions in Australia. Melbourne: Thomson.
- Friedrich Schneider, Benno Torgler and Christoph A. Schaltegger (2008). Schattenwirtschaft, Steuerhinterziehung und Steuermoral in der Schweiz (Shadow Economy, Tax Evasion and Tax Morale in Switzerland). Bern: Verlag Ruegger.
- Torgler, Benno (2007). Tax Compliance and Tax Morale: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, Cheltenham, UK. Edward Elgar
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
2008 and forthcoming:
- Grigoriadis, Theocharis N. and Benno Torgler. Energy Polarization and Popular Representation: Evidence from the Russian Duma, forthcoming in: Energy Economics.
- Cummings, Ronald G. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Michael McKee and Benno Torgler. Effects of Tax Morale on Tax Compliance: Experimental and Survey Evidence, forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
- Torgler, Benno. What Do We Know about Tax Fraud? An Overview of New Tendencies, forthcoming in: Social Research.
- Torgler, Benno and Friedrich Schneider (2008). The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy, forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Psychology.
- Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge and Benno Torgler. The Evolution of Tax Morale in Modern Spain, forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Issues.
- Schmidt, Sascha L., Benno Torgler and Bruno S. Frey. Die Auswirkungen von Neid auf individuelle Leistungen: Ergebnisse einer Panelanalyse, forthcoming in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft.
- Schaltegger, Christoph and Benno Torgler. Direct Democracy, Decentralization and Earmarked Taxation: An Institutional Framework to Foster Tax Compliance, forthcoming in: International Tax Review (INTERTAX).
- Torgler, Benno, Ihsan C. Demir, Alison Macintyre and Markus Schaffner. Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation, forthcoming in: Economic Analysis & Policy, 38, issue 2.
- Frey, Bruno S., Benno Torgler, and Sascha L. Schmidt. Relative Income Postion, Inequality and Performance: An Empirical Panel Analysis, in: Patric Andersson, Peter Ayton and Carsten Schmidt (eds.), Myths and Facts About Football: The Economics and Psychology of the World’s Greatest Sport. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Chapter 19, forthcoming.
- Torgler, Benno (2008). Attitudes Towards Paying Taxes in the USA: An Empirical Analysis, in: Robert McGee (ed.), The Ethics of Tax Evasion. Springer. forthcoming.
- Torgler, Benno, Ihsan C. Demir, Alison Macintyre and Markus Schaffner. Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation, Economic Analysis & Policy. 38: 313-339.
- Torgler, Benno, Nemanja Antić, and Uwe Dulleck (2008). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is the Happiest of them All?, Kyklos. 61: 309-319.
- Torgler, Benno (2008). Trust in International Organizations: An Empirical Investigation Focusing on the United Nations, Review of International Organizations. 3: 65-93.
- Torgler, Benno (2008). The Determinants of Women’s International Soccer Performances, International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing. 3: 305-318.
- Bird, Richard M., Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Benno Torgler (2008). Tax Effort in Developing Countries and High Income Countries: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability, Economic Analysis & Policy. 38: 55-71.
- Torgler, Benno (2008). Introduction to the Special Issue on Tax Compliance and Tax Policy, Economic Analysis & Policy. 38: 31-33.
- Dulleck, Uwe, Benno Torgler, Clevo Wilson (2008). Change of Guard for Economic Analysis and Policy, Economic Analysis & Policy. 38: 1-6.
2007
- Schalteger, Christoph A. and Benno Torgler (2007). Government Accountability and Fiscal Discipline: A Panel Analysis with Swiss Data, Journal of Public Economics. 91: 117-140.
- Frey, Bruno S. and Benno Torgler (2007). Tax Morale and Conditional Cooperation, Journal of Comparative Economics. 35: 136-159.
- Torgler, Benno and Maria A. Garcia-Valiñas (2007). The Determinants of Individuals’ Attitudes Towards Preventing Environmental Damage, Ecological Economics. 63: 536-552.
- Torgler, Benno and Sascha L. Schmidt (2007). What Shapes Players’ Performance in Soccer? Empirical Findings from a Panel Analysis, Applied Economics. 39: 2355-2369.
- Torgler, Benno and Friedrich Schneider (2007). What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries, Social Science Quarterly. 88: 443-470.
- Torgler, Benno (2007). ‘La Grande Boucle’: Determinants of Success at the Tour de France, Journal of Sports Economics. 8: 317-331.
- Torgler, B. (2007). Determinants of Superstition, Journal of Socio-Economics. 36: 713-733.
- Torgler, Benno and Christoph A. Schaltegger (2007). How Audit Courts Affect Political Discussion, in: Jürgen G. Backhaus (ed.), Essays in Fiscal Sociology II. Frankfurt: Peter Lange: 107-119.
- Torgler, B. (2007). Tax Morale in Central and Eastern European Countries, in: Nicolas Hayoz and Simon Hug (eds.), Tax Evasion, Trust and State Capacities. Bern: Peter Lang: 155-186.
Working Papers
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