Tax evasion, state capacity and trust in transitional countries: The case of Croatia

Drustvena Istrazivanja

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 787-805

  Bejaković, Predrag ^a  

^a Institute of Public Finance   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; State capacity; Tax culture; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450199165     PISSN: 13300288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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