Does an Uncertain Tax System Encourage "Aggressive Tax Planning"?
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- James Alm, 2014. "Does an uncertain tax system encourage üaggressive tax planningý?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(1), pages 30-38.
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Keywords
tax avoidance; tax evasion; uncertainty; risk; behavioral economics; experimental economics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2015-08-13 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-CBE-2015-08-13 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2015-08-13 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2015-08-13 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2015-08-13 (Public Economics)
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