This paper examines the efficacy of tax amnesty programmes in developing countries, using administrative tax data from Zambia. I assess the impact of the 2017 tax amnesty programme on compliance among small and medium-sized firms. I find that programme eligibility increases compliance on the...

This paper studies the effects of the 2017 multilateral automatic exchange of information (AEoI) on tax compliance in Switzerland. Using detailed administrative tax data and difference-in-differences designs, I find significant positive compliance effects. The AEoI prompted 107k taxpayers (2% of...

A bonus on the fine in response to the defendant running a corporate compliance program is superfluous because working leniency programs provide all the incentives necessary to implement efficient compliance. Others opposed to such a bonus argue that unreduced fines are sufficient to incentivize...