This article seeks to understand whether and how religion plays a role in people's information search and dissemination behavior in the domain of individual taxes. Survey data show that religious participants exhibit greater uncertainty about a tax filing decision than atheist participants, and Google search data reveal that the U.S. tax season is marked by a notably higher search interest in religious teachings on taxes. Interestingly, people's tendency to ask “why” questions about taxes and their online search interest in tax loss strategies are greater in states with higher religiosity. In parallel, users from highly versus less religious states include more interrogatives and fewer certainty words in their tax-related tweets posted during the 2019 U.S. federal government shutdown. These findings collectively suggest that people's certitude about individual tax matters decreases with religiosity.

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宗教和信息影响：来自美国个人税收行为的证据

本文旨在了解宗教是否以及如何在个人税收领域中的人们的信息搜索和传播行为中发挥作用。调查数据显示，与无神论者相比，宗教参与者对纳税申报决定表现出更大的不确定性，谷歌搜索数据显示，美国纳税季节的特点是对宗教税收教义的搜索兴趣显着增加。有趣的是，在宗教信仰较高的州，人们更倾向于询问有关税收的“为什么”问题以及他们对税收减免策略的在线搜索兴趣。与此同时，在 2019 年美国联邦政府关门期间发布的与税收相关的推文中，来自宗教信仰强烈的国家和宗教信仰较少的国家的用户在其与税收相关的推文中包含更多的疑问词和更少的确定性词。这些发现共同表明人们的