Attitudes towards paying taxes in Austria: An empirical analysis

Empirica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-250

  Torgler, Benno ^a,b   Schneider, Friedrich ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Socialnorms; Tax morale

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TAX SYSTEM;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20344372404     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-004-8328-y     Document Type: Article

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