Tax-Avoidance Activities of U.S. Multinational Corporations

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 805-833

  Rego, Sonja Olhoft ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective tax rates; Multinational; Tax avoidance; Tax planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542714178     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/VANN-B7UB-GMFA-9E6W     Document Type: Article

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