Tax avoidance and business location in a state border model

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-49

  Rohlin, Shawn ^a   Rosenthal, Stuart S ^b   Ross, Amanda ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border models; Business location; Tax deterrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906512829     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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