Theft and taxes

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 591-623

  Desai, Mihir A ^a   Dyck, Alexander ^b   Zingales, Luigi ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247552266     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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