Taxes and company dividends: A microeconometric investigation exploiting cross-section variation in taxes

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 435, 1996, Pages 320-333

  Bond, Stephen R ^a   Chennells, Lucy ^a   Devereux, Michael P ^a  

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EID: 0009751764     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235249     Document Type: Article

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