Estimating tax noncompliance with evidence from unaudited tax returns

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 518, 2007, Pages 327-352

  Feldman, Naomi E ^a,b   Slemrod, Joel ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INCOME; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TAX SYSTEM; WAGE;

EID: 34147157907     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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