Differential representations of taxes: Analysis of free associations and judgments of five employment groups

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-131

  Kirchler, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Representations of taxes; Tax evasion; Tax psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032335895     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(99)80080-8     Document Type: Article

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