Motivated by fiscal austerity and the surge in emigration in Europe's periphery during the Great Recession Bandeira, Caballé and Vella study a particular type of fiscal consolidation: the one carried out through an increase in consumption tax rates. Using a small open economy model with search...

The article concerns with the subject of studying economic behavior of taxpayers with regard to tax evasion. An overview of theoretic and methodological approaches concerning decision making on the base of rational and behavior principles is given. The methodology of research assumes application...