Using financial accounting data to examine the effect of foreign operations located in tax havens and other countries on U.S. multinational firms' Tax rates

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1283-1316

  Dyreng, Scott D ^a   Lindsey, Bradley P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 70350026267     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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