Constructing compliance: Game playing, tax law, and the regulatory state

Law and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-30

  Picciotto, Sol ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846299265     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2007.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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