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The Implication of Efficiency Wages On Tax Evasion and Tax Collections

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  • Wen-Ya Chang

    (Fu-Jen Catholic University)

  • Ching-Chong Lai

    (Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica)

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The conclusion of Peacock and Shaw's 1982 article "Tax Evasion and Tax Revenue Loss," which has received wide attention in the literature, indicates that a rise in tax evasion will definitely lead to lower tax collections. The present article makes a new attempt to reexamine the Peacock and Shaw proposition by introducing the principal tenets of the efficiency wage hypothesis. It is found that, in a context of efficiency wage model, a rise in the degree of tax evasion may enhance total tax collections rather than depress them.

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  • Wen-Ya Chang & Ching-Chong Lai, 1996. "The Implication of Efficiency Wages On Tax Evasion and Tax Collections," Public Finance Review, , vol. 24(2), pages 163-172, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:24:y:1996:i:2:p:163-172
    DOI: 10.1177/109114219602400203
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