An Economic Perspective on Transfer Pricing

Handbooks of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 673-695

  Göx, Robert F ^a   Schiller, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 66049129854     PISSN: 17513243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1751-3243(06)02009-8     Document Type: Review

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