The impact of taxes on the choice of divestiture method

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-150

  Maydew, Edward L ^a   Schipper, Katherine ^b   Vincent, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divestitures; G34; H25; Income smoothing; M41; Spin offs; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040478268     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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