Corporate tax avoidance and firm value

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-546

  Desai, Mihir A ^a   Dharmapala, Dhammika ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 70349213804     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.3.537     Document Type: Article

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