The costs of shared ownership: Evidence from international joint ventures

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-374

  Desai, Mihir A ^a   Foley, C Fritz ^b   Hines Jr , James R ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrafirm transactions; Joint ventures; Multinational firms; Organizational form; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242784777     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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