What shapes attitudes toward paying taxes? Evidence from multicultural European countries

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 443-470

  Torgier, Benno ^a   Schneider, Friedrich ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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EID: 34247374411     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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