The role of the corporate income tax as an automatic stabilizer

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 686-698

  Buettner, Thiess ^a   Fuest, Clemens ^b  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital market restrictions; Corporate income tax; Firm level data; Loss offset; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349306157     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-010-9155-7     Document Type: Article

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