The social norms of tax compliance: Scale development, social desirability, and presentation effects

Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2011, Pages 37-66

  Bobek, Donna D ^a   Hageman, Amy M ^b   Kelliher, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880056403     PISSN: 14751488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1475-1488(2011)0000014005     Document Type: Article

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