Barriers to mobility: The lockout effect of U.S. taxation of worldwide corporate profits

National Tax Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1111-1144

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

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

American Jobs Creation Act; Repatriation; Tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879649415     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2010.4S.12     Document Type: Article

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