Labor Tax Avoidance and Its Determinants: The Case of Mafia Firms in Italy
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Corporate social responsibility; Labor tax avoidance; Legally registered Mafia firms; Real activities manipulation; Tax avoidance; Tax evasion; Undeclared work;All these keywords.
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