Corporate tax laws, corporate restructuring, and subsidiarization of corporate form, 1981-1995

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 555-582

  Zey, Mary ^a   Swenson, Tami ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032328881     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1998.tb00518.x     Document Type: Article

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