Lumpy Investment and Corporate Tax Policy

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1171-1203

  Miao, Jianjun ^a,b,c   Wang, Pengfei ^d  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adjustment costs; General equilibrium; Generalized (S,s) rule; Lumpy investment; Marginal Q; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906493235     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmcb.12137     Document Type: Article

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