The importance of the internal information environment for tax avoidance

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-167

  Gallemore, John ^a   Labro, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal information quality; Management accounting; Tax avoidance; Tax risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925583742     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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