Permanently reinvested foreign earnings, taxes, and earnings management

Accounting Review

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 745-767

  Krull, Linda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Foreign tax credit; Income shifting; Income tax expense

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943086926     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2004.79.3.745     Document Type: Article

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