Enforced versus voluntary tax compliance: The "slippery slope" framework

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-225

  Kirchler, Erich ^a   Hoelzl, Erik ^a   Wahl, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Authority; Compliance; Power; Social behavior; Taxation; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249093045     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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