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BENNO TORGLER

Benno Torgler is a Professor in the School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology.

  • Summary

    Name:
    Benno Torgler
    Position:
    Professor
    Faculty:
    Business
    Qualifications:
    PhD (Econ) University of Basel (Switzerland), MA (Econ) University of Zurich (Switzerland).

  • Contact

    Phone:
    +61 7 3138 2517
    Fax:
    +61 7 3138 1500
    Location:
    Z815, Level 8, Z Block, Gardens Point campus
    E-mail:
    benno.torgler@qut.edu.au

  • Research interests

    Behavioral and Experimental Economics
    Non-Market Economics
    Illegal Activities (e.g., Tax Evasion, Corruption, Shadow Economy, Money Laundering)
    Sportometrics
    Public Finance
    Political Economy and Public Policy
    Law and Economics
    Environmental Economics

  • Other

    Staff CV
    Benno Torgler (pdf, 123kb)

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.

Recent Publications (since 2007)

Books

  1. Alm, James, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Benno Torgler (eds.) (2010). Developing Frameworks for Explaining Tax Compliance (forthcoming in Routledge).
  2. Torgler, Benno, María A. García-Valiñas, and Alison Macintyre (2010). Participation in Environmental Organizations, Routledge (forthcoming in Routledge).
  3. 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.
  4. Christoph A. Schaltegger, Friedrich Schneider, Benno Torgler (2008). Schattenwirtschaft, Steuerhinterziehung und Steuermoral in der Schweiz (Shadow Economy, Tax Evasion and Tax Morale in Switzerland), Verlag Ruegger.
  5. Torgler, Benno (2007). Tax Compliance and Tax Morale: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Journals and book chapters

2010 and forthcoming:

  1. Frey, Bruno S., David A. Savage, and Benno Torgler. Interaction of Natural Survival Instincts and Internalized Social Norms Exploring the Titanic and Lusitania disaster, PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), March 16, 107 (11): 4862-4865.
  2. Schaltegger, C. A. and B. Torgler. Work Ethic, Protestantism, and Human Capital, Economics Letters. 107: 99-101.
  3. Torgler, Benno, Friedrich Schneider and Christoph A. Schaltegger. The Impact of a Bottom-Up Approach on Tax Morale and the Shadow Economy, Public Choice. 144: 293-321.
  4. Frey, Bruno S., David A. Savage and Benno Torgler (forthcoming). Noblesse Oblige? Determinants of Survival in a Life and Death Situation, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 74: 1-11.
  5. Torgler, Benno (2010). 'Comment on “The Spreading of Disorder”, Economics Bulletin. 30: 519-523.
  6. Gächter, Martin, David A. Savage, and Benno Torgler (2010). The Role of Social Capital in Reducing Negative Health Outcomes among Police Officers, International Journal of Social Inquiry. 3: 141-161.
  7. Dulleck, Uwe, Andrea Ristl, Markus Schaffner, and Benno Torgler (forthcoming). Heart Rate Variability, the Autonomous Nervous System, and Neuroeconomic Experiments, Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics.
  8. Torgler, Benno and Neven T. Valev (forthcoming). Gender and Public Attitudes Towards Corruption and Tax Evasion, Contemporary Economic Policy.
  9. Alm, James and Benno Torgler (forthcoming). Do Ethics Matter? Tax Compliance and Morality, Journal of Business Ethics.
  10. Torgler, Benno (2010). Serious Tax Non-Compliance: Motivation and Guardianship, forthcoming in:  Criminology & Public Policy.
  11. Torgler, Benno and Sascha Schmidt (2010). On the Endogeneity of the Pay-Performance Relationship in Professional Soccer, forthcoming in:  Empirical Economics Letters.
  12. Garcia-Valiñas, Maria A. and Benno Torgler (forthcoming). Impuestos y protección medioambiental: Un análisis de las preferencias individuales a nivel europeo, Revista de Economia Aplicada.
  13. Torgler, Benno (forthcoming). Attitudes Towards Paying Taxes in the USA: An Empirical Analysis, in:  Robert McGee (ed.), The Ethics of Tax Evasion. Springer.
  14. Torgler, Benno, Friedrich Schneider, and Alison Macinytre (forthcoming). Shadow Economy, Voice and Accountability and Corruption, in Friedrich Schneider (ed.), Handbook on the Shadow Economy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.

2009

  1. Cummings, Ronald G. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Michael McKee and Benno Torgler (2009). Tax Morale Affects Tax Compliance: Evidence from Survey and an Artefactual Field Experiment, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 70: 447-457.
  2. Torgler, Benno, Bruno S. Frey, and Clevo Wilson (2009). Environmental and Pro-Social Norms: Evidence on Littering,” B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 9(1), (Topics), Article 18.
  3. Grigoriadis, Theocharis N. and Benno Torgler (2009). Energy Regulation, Roll Call Votes and Regional Resources: Evidence from Russia, Energy Economics. 31: 322-334.
  4. Torgler, Benno and Friedrich Schneider (2009). The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy, Journal of Economic Psychology. 30: 228-245.
  5. Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge and Benno Torgler (2009). The Evolution of Tax Morale in Modern Spain, Journal of Economic Issues. XLIII: 1-28.
  6. Schmidt, Sascha L., Benno Torgler and Bruno S. Frey (2009). Die Auswirkungen von Neid auf individuelle Leistungen: Ergebnisse einer Panelanalyse, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft. 79: 303-334.
  7. Torgler, Benno and Christoph A. Schaltegger (2009). Religion and Economy: A Comment, Economics Bulletin. 29:2227-2230.
  8. Dong Bin and Benno Torgler (2009). Corruption and Political Interest: Empirical Evidence at the Micro Level, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics. 21: 295-325.
  9. Dong, Bin and Benno Torgler (2009). Corruption, Social Norms, and Political Interest, Empirical Economics Letters, 8: 71-77.

2008

  1. Torgler, Benno, Nemanja Antić, and Uwe Dulleck (2008). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is the  Happiest of them All?, Kyklos. 61: 309-319.
  2. Torgler, Benno (2008). What Do We Know about Tax Fraud? An Overview of Recent Developments, Social Research. 75: 1239-1268.
  3. Torgler, Benno (2008). Trust in International Organizations: An Empirical Investigation Focusing on the United Nations, Review of International Organizations. 3: 65-93.
  4. Schaltegger, Christoph and Benno Torgler (2008). Direct Democracy, Decentralization and Earmarked Taxation: An Institutional Framework to Foster Tax Compliance, International Tax Review (INTERTAX). 36: 426-433.
  5. Frey, Bruno S., Benno Torgler, and Sascha L. Schmidt (2008). 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: Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 349-370.
  6. Torgler, Benno, Ihsan C. Demir, Alison Macintyre and Markus Schaffner (2008).  Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation, Economic Analysis & Policy. 38: 313-339.
  7. Torgler, Benno (2008). The Determinants of Women’s International Soccer Performances, International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing. 3: 305-318.
  8. 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.
  9. Torgler, Benno (2008). Introduction to the Special Issue on Tax Compliance and Tax Policy, Economic Analysis & Policy. 38: 31-33.
  10. Schaltegger, Christoph A., Friedrich Schneider and Benno Torgler (2008). Vertrauen als Basis: Warum verstaerkte Kontrollen und schaerfere Strafen nicht helfen, Wirtschaftsdienst (Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik). 88: 227-230.

2007

  1. Christoph A. Schaltegger and Benno Torgler (2007). Government Accountability and Fiscal Discipline: A Panel Analysis with Swiss Data, Journal of Public Economics. 91: 117-140.
  2. Frey, Bruno S. and Benno Torgler (2007). Tax Morale and Conditional Cooperation, Journal of Comparative Economics. 35: 136-159.
  3. Torgler, Benno and Friedrich Schneider (2007). What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries, Social Science Quarterly. 88: 443-470.
  4. Torgler, Benno and Maria A. Garcia-Valiñas (2007). The Determinants of Individuals’ Attitudes Towards Preventing Environmental Damage, Ecological Economics. 63: 536-552.
  5. Torgler, Benno (2007). ‘La Grande Boucle’: Determinants of Success at the Tour de France, Journal of Sports Economics. 8: 317-331.
  6. Torgler, Benno and Sascha L. Schmidt (2007). What Shapes Players’ Performance in Soccer? Empirical Findings from a Panel Analysis, Applied Economics. 39: 2355-2369.
  7. Torgler, B. (2007). Determinants of Superstition, Journal of Socio-Economics. 36: 713-733.
  8. 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.
  9. 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

Refer to RePeC for a list of working papers.

The following is a link to Professor Benno Torgler's papers on our Library E-Print registry:

QUT | ePrints Archive

My work has appeared in more than 300 newspapers and (scientific) magazines worldwide (e.g., TIME magazine, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ScienceNews, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, Washington Post, Spiegel, Le Temps, Neue Zuercher Zeitung etc.).

Recent Media Coverage in 2010:

TIME magazine:
Titanic vs. Lusitania: How People Behave in a Disaster

New York Times:
How the Men Reacted as the Titanic and Lusitania Went Under

ScienceNews:
Titanic study: It takes time to do the right thing

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN:
Sinking Ships Imply Altruism Takes Time

Los Angeles Times:
Women and children first? Maybe