Behavioral effects of tax withholding on tax compliance: Implications for information initiatives
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JEL classification:
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2015-11-01 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2015-11-01 (Informal & Underground Economics)
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