Endogenous Norm Formation Over the Life Cycle – The Case of Tax Evasion
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- Nordblom, Katarina & Zamac, Jovan, 2011. "Endogenous Norm Formation over the Life Cycle. The case of tax evasion," Working Papers in Economics 511, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Social norms; Endogenous norms; Tax evasion; Cognitive dissonance; Self-signaling; Normative conformity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EVO-2011-09-22 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2011-09-22 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2011-09-22 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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