Earnings management, corporate tax shelters, and book-tax alignment

National Tax Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-186

  Desai, Mihir A ^a,b   Dharmapala, Dhammika ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 67949117328     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2009.1.08     Document Type: Article

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