Cross-border investing with tax arbitrage: The case of german dividend tax credits

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 617-657

  McDonald, Robert L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035619881     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/14.3.617     Document Type: Article

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