The effect of corporate taxes on investment and entrepreneurship

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 31-64

  Djankov, Simeon ^a   Ganser, Tim ^b   McLiesh, Caralee ^a   Ramalho, Rita ^a   Shleifer, Andrei ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77953783659     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.3.31     Document Type: Article

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