Local Taxes and Capital Structure Choice

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-71

  Gropp, Reint E ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital structure choice; Corporate taxation; Local taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347369364     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014413724596     Document Type: Article

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