Kleptocracy and tax evasion under resource abundance

Evidence has shown that petroleum wealth is associated with less transparency and at the same time less tax collection. In this paper, we find that the two issues are linked through the citizens’ tax evasion behavior. We develop a model to explain this link and conduct extensive empirical tests of i...

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Main Authors: Jarrett, U. (Author), Mohtadi, H. (Author), Ross, M.L (Author), Ruediger, S. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2019
Subjects:
oil
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