Effects of Taxation: Corporate Financial Policy
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Taxation and Corporate Financial Policy
This paper reviews the theory and evidence regarding the impact of taxation on corporate financial policy. Starting from a basic characterization of the classical corporate income tax and its effects, the analysis focuses on three areas of research: equity policy, debt-equity decisions, and choices regarding ownership structure and organizational form. The discussion stresses the distinction be...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Review of Economics and Statistics
سال: 1954
ISSN: 0034-6535
DOI: 10.2307/1925617