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“But Everybody Does It…”: The Effects Of Perceptions, Moral Pressures, And Informal Sanctions On Tax Cheating

Michael R. Welch Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Yili Xu Department of Sociology, University of Colorado—Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Thoroddur Bjarnason Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, University of Akureyi, Akureyi, Iceland
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Tom Petee Department of Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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Patricia O'Donnell Department of Sociology, California State University at Northridge, Northridge, California, USA
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Paul Magro Department of Criminal Justice, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana, USA
Pages 21-52 | Received 20 Jun 2003, Accepted 19 Mar 2004, Published online: 24 Feb 2007

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