The Effect of Friendly Persuasion and Gender on Tax Comliance Behavior

Friendly persuasion, in contrast to deterrent measures like tax audits and penalties on underreported taxes, is a positive and possibly a cost effective method of increasing taxpayer compliance. However, prior studies have failed to show that friendly persuasion has a significant impact on complianc...

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Authors: Chung, Janne (Author) ; Trivedi, Vaswanath Umashanker (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2003
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 133-145
Further subjects:B personal consequences
B generating and reading reasons
B normative appeals
B income tax reporting
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