Taxation of a venture capitalist with a portfolio of firms

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-306

  Keuschnigg, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INVESTMENT; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 1842782326     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpf041     Document Type: Article

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