Does fairness matter in tax reporting behavior?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 771-785

  Kim, Chung Kweon ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Exchange equity; Experiment; Fairness; Public transfer; Tax compliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036888186     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00138-1     Document Type: Article

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