An examination of corporate tax shelter participants

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 969-999

  Wilson, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive financial reporting; Book tax differences; Corporate governance; Fax shelter

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249125225     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.3.969     Document Type: Article

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