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Tax Evasion and Public Expenditures on Tax Collection Services in an Endogenous Growth Model

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  • Sifis Kafkalas
  • Pantelis Kalaitzidakis

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece)

  • Vangelis Tzouvelekas

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece)

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  • Sifis Kafkalas & Pantelis Kalaitzidakis & Vangelis Tzouvelekas, 2012. "Tax Evasion and Public Expenditures on Tax Collection Services in an Endogenous Growth Model," Working Papers 1202, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    tax evasion; tax monitoring; effective tax rate; social loss;
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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
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures

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