Tax morale and public spending inefficiency

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 724-749

  Barone, Guglielmo ^a   Mocetti, Sauro ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Public spending inefficiency; Tax morale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942303180     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-011-9174-z     Document Type: Article

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