The distributional implications of income under-reporting in Hungary

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-560

  Benedek, Dóra ^a   Lelkes, Orsolya ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b European Centre   (Austria)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Self employed; Tax evasion; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855182003     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2011.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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