Government ownership, corporate governance and tax aggressiveness: Evidence from China

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1029-1051

  Chan, K Hung ^a   Mo, Phyllis L L ^b   Zhou, Amy Y ^c  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Beijing PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting   (China)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Government ownership; Tax aggressiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888329259     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12043     Document Type: Article

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