Corporate tax avoidance and the properties of corporate earnings

National Tax Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 729-737

  Plesko, George A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 9544250368     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2004.3.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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