Small business owners' attitudes on VAT compliance in the UK

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 195-216

  Adams, Caroline ^a   Webley, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3000; Compliance; Equity; H26; Mental accounting; Taxation; VAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315116     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(01)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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