Corporate taxes and financing methods for taxable acquisitions

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-30

  Dhaliwal, Dan S ^a   Newberry, Kaye J ^a   Weaver, Connie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Corporate taxes; Financing choice; Foreign tax credit

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544380171     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/N4CQ-JR8F-XLUC-M50W     Document Type: Article

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