Corporate governance, incentives, and tax avoidance

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-17

  Armstrong, Christopher S ^a   Blouin, Jennifer L ^a   Jagolinzer, Alan D ^b   Larcker, David F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO incentives; Corporate governance; FIN 48; Tax aggressiveness; Tax avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925585147     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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