Taxation and evasion in the presence of extortion by organized crime

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-387

  Alexeev, Michael ^a   Janeba, Eckhard ^b,c   Osborne, Stefan ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NBER and CESifo   (United States)

^d ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal taxation; Organized crime; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 9144247229     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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