Taxpayer behaviour and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Taxpayer behaviour; Institutions; Generalized Structural Equation Modelling; SubSaharan Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
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