How prevalent is tax arbitrage? Evidence from the market for municipal bonds

National Tax Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 259-270

  Erickson, Merle ^a   Goolsbee, Austan ^a   Maydew, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 2942700144     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2003.1s.07     Document Type: Review

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