The prospects of taxpayer agreement with aggressive tax advice

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-172

  Schmidt, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

2900; 4200; 4270; D81; Government policy making; H26; K34; K42; Law enforcement; Prospect theory; Tax compliance; Taxation; Theory of regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315155     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(01)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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