Empirical tax research in accounting: A discussion

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 389-403

  Maydew, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate taxes; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038356147     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(01)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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