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Taxpayer Compliance: Setting New Agendas for Research

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Roth Jeffrey A., Scholz John T., and Witte Ann Dryden (eds.), Taxpayer Compliance: Vol. 1, An Agenda for Research. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. (“Panel Report”)
Roth Jeffrey A. and Scholz John T. (eds.), Taxpayer Compliance: Vol. 2, Social Science Perspectives. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989.

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Susan B. Long  and
Judyth A. Swingen
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Law & Society Review , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , 1991 , pp. 637 - 683
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At the request of the editors the Reference list for this essay was substantially shortened. For an unabridged list write Susan B. Long, School of Management, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, or Judyth A. Swingen, Department of Accounting & Finance, College of Business, Max Lowenthal Bldg., P.O. Box 9887, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14263-0887.

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