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Incentives for Consumers to Act as Tax Auditors: (When) Are They Effective?

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  • Burgstaller, Lilith
  • Doerr, Annabelle
  • Necker, Sarah

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  • Burgstaller, Lilith & Doerr, Annabelle & Necker, Sarah, 2023. "Incentives for Consumers to Act as Tax Auditors: (When) Are They Effective?," VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage" 277628, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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