Menoncin, Francesco; Modena, Andrea - In: Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 20 (2024) 3, pp. 643-658
We develop a tractable model economy in which public capital improves aggregate productivity, and the taxpayers have heterogeneous evasion opportunities. By issuing bonds, compliant taxpayers supply the evaders with an instrument to hedge against auditing risks, thereby expanding their evasion...