figures). These companies are playing an increasingly important role in production of hydrocarbons in California and elsewhere … California State Lands Commission and the Minerals Management Service of the US Department of Interior, is attempting to …

for establishing commercial oil shale and tar sands leasing programs in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. This PEIS evaluates … Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and is an attempt to synthesize … archaeological data covering the most geologically prospective lands for oil shale and tar sands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. This …

update their beliefs about the probability of being audited, both before and after audits are definitely withdrawn. We find … that when individuals have initially experienced systematic audits, they decrease both their beliefs and their … contributions almost immediately after audits are withdrawn. In contrast, when audits were initially less frequent and more …

costs and benefits of evasion. However, there is no direct evidence that firms react to audits in this way. We conducted a …, as well as on the actual taxes paid, based on administrative data. We find that providing information about audits had a … consistent with an alternative model, risk-as-feelings, in which messages about audits generate fear and induce probability …