Tax evasion and tax rates: Properties of a penalty structure

Public Finance Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 270-285

  Balassone, Fabrizio ^a,c   Jones, Philip ^b,d  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032373856     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109114219802600305     Document Type: Article

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