BREAD Working Paper No. 542, July 2018

Bribes vs. Taxes: Market Structure and Incentives Francesco Amodio, Jieun Choi, Giacomo De Giorgi, Aminur Rahman Abstract Firms in developing countries often avoid paying taxes by making informal payments to tax officials. These bribes may raise the cost of operating a business, and the price charged to consumers. To decrease these costs, we designed a […]