Tax Compliance

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 818-860

  Andreoni, James ^a   Erard, Brian ^b   Feinstein, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

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