Delayed feedback on tax audits affects compliance and fairness perceptions

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 81-87

  Kogler, Christoph ^a   Mittone, Luigi ^b   Kirchler, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Audit probability; Delayed feedback; Procedural justice; Tax compliance; Tax morale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949644249     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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