Taxes as a determinant of managerial compensation in privately held insurance companies

Accounting Review

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 655-674

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Author keywords

Double taxation; Income shifting; Managerial compensation; Privately held firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540377     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2001.76.4.655     Document Type: Article

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