The impact of federal taxes on the use of debt by closely held corporations

National Tax Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-277

  Cloyd, C Bryan ^a   Limberg, Stephen T ^a   Robinson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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