Illegal, immoral, fattening or what?: How deterrence and responsive regulation shape tax morale

Size, Causes and Consequences of the Underground Economy: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 15-37

  Feld, Lars P ^a   Frey, Bruno S ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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