Influencing the prospects of tax evasion

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 289-304

  Elffers, Henk ^a   Hessing, Dick J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Prospect theory; Psychology of law; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031116402     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(97)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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