Framing of information on the use of public finances, regulatory fit of recipients and tax compliance

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 597-611

  Holler, Marianne ^a   Hoelzl, Erik ^a   Kirchler, Erich ^a   Leder, Susanne ^b   Mannetti, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Goal framing; Regulatory fit; Regulatory focus; Tax compliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749131221     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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