Public Disclosure of Corporate Tax Return Information: Accounting, Economics, and Legal Perspectives

National Tax Journal

Volumn , Issue 4, 2003, Pages 803-830

  Lenter, David ^a   Slemrod, Joel ^a   Shackelford, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 1542426664     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2003.4.06     Document Type: Review

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