Dividend and corporate taxation in an agency model of the firm

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-31

  Chetty, Raj ^a   Saez, Emmanuel ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85017111058     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.2.3.1     Document Type: Article

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