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Tax Compliance, Tax Morale and Governance Quality Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Benno Torgler
Markus Schaffner
Alison Macintyre
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Taxpayers are more compliant than the traditional economic models predict. Why? The literature calls it the “puzzle of tax compliance”. In this paper we use field, experimental and survey data to investigate the empirical evidence on whether presence of tax morale helps to resolve this puzzle. The results reveal a strong correlation between tax morale and tax evasion/compliance which confirms the value of taking the research a step further by looking at the determinants of tax morale. We explore this question with a particular focus on the importance of governance quality.
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Keywords: tax morale ; tax compliance ; tax evasion ; institutional and governance quality ; social capital ; Other versions of this item:
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"Tax Compliance, Tax Morale, and Governance Quality ,"
International Studies Program Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU
paper0727, International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
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"Tax Compliance, Tax Morale And Governance Quality ,"
School of Economics and Finance Discussion Papers and Working Papers Series
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Torgler, Benno & Demir, Ihsan C. & Macintyre, Alison & Schaffner, Markus, 2008.
"Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation ,"
Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP) ,
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Economics and Finance, vol. 38(2), pages 313-339, September.
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