Estimating Income in a Tax Compliance Game. A Bayesian Persuasion Approach
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Keywords
tax audits; tax compliance; information design; Bayesian persuasion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2023-02-13 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-GTH-2023-02-13 (Game Theory)
- NEP-IUE-2023-02-13 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2023-02-13 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2023-02-13 (Public Finance)
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