Fiscal corruption: A vice or a virtue?

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1459-1467

  Fjeldstad, Odd Helge ^a   Tungodden, Bertil ^b  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corruption; Incentives; Tax administration; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 0042622465     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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