The Effect of Expected Effective Corporate Tax Rateson Incremental Financing Decisions:

This paper uses U.S. panel data to estimate the effect of expected effective corporate tax rates on firm's leverage. The paper directly estimates expected corporate tax rates using rational expectations. The estimated measures of the expected effective tax rates of firms are related to a contin...

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Main Author: Gropp, Reint (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C International Monetary Fund 1997
Series:IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 97/46
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Summary:This paper uses U.S. panel data to estimate the effect of expected effective corporate tax rates on firm's leverage. The paper directly estimates expected corporate tax rates using rational expectations. The estimated measures of the expected effective tax rates of firms are related to a continuous measure of incremental debt financing. The paper finds that expected effective tax rates are significantly and positively related to a higher level of debt financing. Simulations suggest that debt issues would double if firms were unable to shield profits and actually faced the statutory tax rate
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (32 p)
ISBN:1451973969
9781451973969

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