Differential tax benefits and the pension reversion decision

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-106

  Clinch, Greg ^a   Shibano, Toshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential tax benefits; Marginal tax rates; Pension reversion; Tax timing; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030080009     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-4101(95)00412-2     Document Type: Article

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