Persuasive communications: Tax compliance enforcement strategies for sole proprietors

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-194

  Hasseldine, John ^a   Hite, Peggy ^b   James, Simon ^c   Toumi, Marika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Persuasion; Tax accountant; Tax compliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947685918     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/P207-004L-4205-7NX0     Document Type: Article

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