Psychological taxing in Flemish municipalities

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 741-762

  Ashworth, John ^a   Heyndels, Bruno ^b   Smolders, Carine ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Local taxation; Multiple regression; Rightmost digit perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142119324     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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