Irreversible investment and endogenous financing: An evaluation of the corporate tax effects

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-171

  Faig, Miquel ^a   Shum, Pauline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric taxation; Corporate finance; E2; G3; H2; Irreversible investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004132859     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(98)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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