Measuring tax incentives for R&D

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-581

  McKenzie, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of capital; Effective marginal tax rate; Research and development; Tax incentives; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249145294     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9039-7     Document Type: Article

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