The impact of state taxes on self-insurance

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-122

  Ke, Bin ^a   Petroni, Kathy R ^b   Shackelford, Douglas A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

D12; G22; H22; H25; Insurance; States; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041778739     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(00)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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