Real Effects of Accounting Rules: Evidence from Multinational Firms' Investment Location and Profit Repatriation Decisions

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-185

  Graham, John R ^a   Hanlon, Michelle ^b   Shevlin, Terry ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 78751501188     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2010.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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