Corporate tax avoidance and high-powered incentives

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-179

  Desai, Mihir A ^a,b   Dharmapala, Dhammika ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Incentive compensation; Stock options; Tax avoidance; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244431653     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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