Tax incentives on equity and firms' cost of capital: Evidence from the Quebec stock savings plan

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 795-824

  Bédard, Jean ^a   Coulombe, Daniel ^a   Paquette, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implicit taxes; Initial public offerings; Marginal investor; Tax incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948852277     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.24.3.5     Document Type: Article

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