Alstadsæter, Annette; Jacob, Martin - 2014 - This version: March 2014
This paper analyzes whether a dividend tax cut for owner-managers of closely held corporations encourages income … shifting, income generation, or both. We use rich, micro data from Sweden for the period 2000 - 2011 comprising the entire …, and self-employed. We find robust evidence of extensive income shifting across tax bases in response to the 2006 dividend …