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Ownership of intellectual property and corporate taxation

  • Rachel Griffith
  • Helen Miller
  • Martin O'Connell

Published on 14 March 2014

Audio presentation of research published in the Journal of Public Economics

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    Audio presentation of research published in 'Ownership of intellectual property and corporate taxation' Journal of Public Economics, Volume 112, April 2014, Pages 12–23

     

      Authors

      Rachel Cassidy
      Rachel Griffith

      CPP Co-Director

      Rachel is Research Director and Professor at the University of Manchester. She was made a Dame for services to economic policy and education in 2021.

      Helen Miller
      Helen Miller

      Deputy Director

      Helen is Deputy Director of the IFS and Head of the Tax sector.

      Martin O'Connell
      Martin O'Connell

      Research Fellow University of Wisconsin

      Martin, previously Deputy Research Director, is a Research Fellow at IFS and Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin.

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      10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0754
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      Elsevier

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      R, Griffith and H, Miller and M, O'Connell. (2014). 'Ownership of intellectual property and corporate taxation' [Presentation]. London: Elsevier. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/ownership-intellectual-property-and-corporate-taxation (accessed: 19 June 2025).

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