A nation without a corporate income tax: Evidence from nineteenth century Japan
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- Kazuki Onji & John P. Tang, 2015. "A nation without a corporate income tax: Evidence from nineteenth century Japan," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 15-12, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
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Keywords
Tax Avoidance; Organizational Form; Business Incorporation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
- K34 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Tax Law
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2015-09-11 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-HIS-2015-09-11 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-LAW-2015-09-11 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2015-09-11 (Public Economics)
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