Arbeitspapier
Taxation and Corporate Risk-Taking
We study whether the corporate tax system provides incentives for risky firm investment. We analytically and empirically show two main findings: first, risk-taking is positively related to the length of tax loss periods because the loss rules shift some risk to the government; and second, the tax rate has a positive effect on risk-taking for firms that expect to use losses, and a weak negative effect for those that cannot. Thus, the sign of the tax effect on risky investment hinges on firm-specific expectations of future loss recovery.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6566
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Firm
Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- Thema
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corporate taxation
risk-taking
net operating losses
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Langenmayr, Dominika
Lester, Rebecca
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Langenmayr, Dominika
- Lester, Rebecca
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2017