Trust in authorities as a boundary condition to procedural fairness effects on tax compliance

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-91

  van Dijke, Marius ^a   Verboon, Peter ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Procedural fairness; Tax compliance; Trust in authorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149094798     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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