The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-245

  Torgler, Benno ^a,c,d   Schneider, Friedrich ^b,c,d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corruption; Government intervention; Institutional quality; Shadow economy; Tax morale

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649105183     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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