Tax shelters and corporate debt policy

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 563-594

  Graham, John R ^a   Tucker, Alan L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Debt; Tax evasion; Tax shelters; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746211727     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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