The Social Norms of Tax Compliance: Evidence from Australia, Singapore, and the United States

Tax compliance is a concern to governments around the world. Prior research (Alm, J. and I. Sanchez: 1995, KYKLOS 48, 3–19) has attributed unexplained inter-country differences in compliance rates to differences in social norms. Economics researchers studying tax compliance in the United States (U.S...

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Authors: Bobek, Donna D. (Author) ; Roberts, Robin W. (Author) ; Sweeney, John T. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer 2007
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-64
Further subjects:B Tax compliance
B Social norms
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