Who is audited? Experimental study on rule-based and human tax auditing schemes
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Keywords
audit schemes; tax evasion; laboratory experiment; cut-off rule; lowest income reporter audited rule; ambiguity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2015-02-05 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-EXP-2015-02-05 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2015-02-05 (Informal and Underground Economics)
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