Associate Professor Damon Jones Discusses Behaviors of Tax Withholding

Harris Public Policy Associate Professor Damon Jones was featured in The Intercept, discussing how consumers perceive default withholding.

"Previous studies have suggested two main explanations for this behavior: precautionary behavior in light of tax uncertainty and/or a forced savings motive," Jones wrote in the paper to which David Dayen, the article's author, refers. "I present evidence on a third explanation: inertia."

Full coverage available at The Intercept.