Tax evasion and the psychology of the social contract

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-125

  Vihanto, Martti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Austrian economics; Constitutional choice; Economic psychology; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037404205     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(03)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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