Taxes, leverage, and the cost of equity capital

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 691-723

  Dhaliwal, Dan ^a,b   Heitzman, Shane ^c   Li, Oliver Zhen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 33746254938     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2006.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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