Artikel

Corporate income taxes and entrepreneurship

Corporate income taxation influences the quantity and type of entrepreneurship, which in turn affects economic development. Empirical evidence shows that higher corporate income tax rates reduce business density and entrepreneurship entry rates and increase the capital size of new firms. The progressivity of tax rates increases entrepreneurship entry rates, whereas highly complex tax codes reduce them. Policymakers should understand the effects and underlying mechanisms that determine how corporate income taxation influences entrepreneurship in order to provide a favorable business environment.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification
Wirtschaft
Entrepreneurship
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Subject
entrepreneurship
self-employment
start-ups
business taxes
corporate income taxes

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Block, Jörn
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2016

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.257
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  • Artikel

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  • Block, Jörn
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2016

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