Arbeitspapier

The Corporate Elasticity of Taxable Income: Event Study Evidence from Switzerland

We estimate the corporate elasticity of taxable income. Our analysis draws on panel variation in the decentralized system of corporate taxation in Switzerland. We find that an increase in a jurisdiction's corporate net-of-tax rate by 1% results in an increase in aggregate corporate income by about 3.5% over a time span of 4 years. The elasticity is larger in remote, non-central locations. Firm entry, exit, and mobility only account for a small share of the overall elasticity.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 8715

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Firm
Thema
corporate income tax
tax elasticity
fiscal federalism

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Krapf, Matthias
Staubli, David
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2020

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Krapf, Matthias
  • Staubli, David
  • Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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