Capital gains taxes and asset prices: Capitalization or lock-in?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 709-742

  Dai, Zhonglan ^a   Maydew, Edward ^b   Shackelford, Douglas A ^c   Zhang, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 41649119569     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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