Corporate tax policy and incorporation in the EU

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-498

  De Mooij, Ruud A ^a   Nicodème, Gaëtan ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate tax; Income shifting; Incorporation; Personal tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949144795     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-008-9072-1     Document Type: Article

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