Evaluating the minimum asset tax on corporations: An option pricing approach

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-96

  Van Wijnbergen, Sweder ^a,b   Estache, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b World Bank ^*  (Netherlands)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate Tax; Minimum Asset Tax; Options; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002374389     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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