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When it comes to taxes, ownership intuitions abide by the law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2023

Leo J. Kleiman-Lynch  and
Michael E. McCullough Open the ORCID record for Michael E. McCullough [Opens in a new window]
Leo J. Kleiman-Lynch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA lkleiman@ucsd.edu memccullough@ucsd.edu; https://www.michael-mccullough.com/
Michael E. McCullough
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA lkleiman@ucsd.edu memccullough@ucsd.edu; https://www.michael-mccullough.com/
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Abstract

Boyer suggests that laws cannot account for ownership intuitions, but there may be situations when intuitions hew to laws almost perfectly. Laws granting governments taxation powers provide an interesting case study. We report data here suggesting that people's intuitions track law very closely, and are unaffected by manipulating a P() tag input. We propose two hypotheses to explain this finding.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e341
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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References

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