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Special Issue: Tax Research, Guest Editors: Martin Jacob and Richard Sansing

The Effect of Tax Privacy on Tax Compliance – An Experimental Investigation

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Pages 561-580 | Received 04 Aug 2015, Accepted 26 Oct 2016, Published online: 24 Nov 2016

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