Estimating the magnitude of capital flight due to abnormal pricing in international trade: The Russia-USA case

Accounting Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 249-270

  De Boyrie, Maria E ^a   Pak, Simon J ^b   Zdanowicz, John S ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Capital flight; Globalization; Imports exports; Regulation; Tax policy; Trade; Transfer pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 20144373560     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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