Enforcing Tax Compliance: To Punish or Persuade?

Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-135

  Murphy, Kristina ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 75349083104     PISSN: 03135926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0313-5926(08)50009-9     Document Type: Article

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