Shipping taxation: Perspectives and impact on flag Choice

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-364

  Marlow, Peter ^a,b   Mitroussi, Kyriaki ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b International Association of Maritime Economists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flag choice; Shipping; Taxation; Tonnage tax; Uk registry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960225011     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2011.041132     Document Type: Article

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