Bringing It Home: A Study of the Incentives Surrounding the Repatriation of Foreign Earnings Under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1027-1059

  Blouin, Jennifer ^a   Krull, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 68149089476     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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