Do You Need a Receipt? Exploring Consumer Participation in Consumption Tax Evasion as an Ethical Dilemma

The paper focuses on the consumer side of consumption tax evasion (CTE), a subcategory of the shadow economy. The ethical dimensions of tax evasion have been effectively captured by the existent literature on tax morale, yet it fails to address the role consumers can play in CTE. Further, there is a...

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Authors: Culiberg, Barbara (Author) ; Bajde, Domen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2014
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 124, Issue: 2, Pages: 271-282
Further subjects:B Consumption tax evasion
B Consumer ethics
B Personal moral philosophies
B Moral Intensity
B Ethical decision making
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