Investment, overhang, and tax policy

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-355

  Desai, Mihir A ^a   Goolsbee, Austan D ^b   Hassett, Kevin A ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE

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