Recent literature on tax evasion emphasizes the importance of moral considerations to explain compliance behavior. As a consequence scholars aim to identify factors that shape this so-called tax morale. However, the causal link between tax morale and actual compliance behavior is not established...

Our study explores the decision to participate in the shadow economy and evade taxes. It does so in light of expected unity maximization and behavioral economics. We report a laboratory experiment where a hypothetical credit market involved participants on both the supply and demand sides of the...