A threat to tax morale: The case of Australian higher education policy

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 523-540

  Braithwaite, Valerie ^a   Ahmed, Eliza ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

HECS or the Higher Education Contribution Scheme; Policy discontent; Tax evasion; Tax morale; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644445910     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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