Taxation and the evolution of aggregate corporate ownership concentration

Taxing Corporate Income in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 345-383

  Desai, Mihir A ^a,b   Dharmapala, Dhammika ^c   Fung, Winnie ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84927019269     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511510823.026     Document Type: Chapter

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