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We test the hypothesis that the 2003 dividend tax cut boosted U.S. stock prices and thus lowered the cost of equity. Using an event- study methodology, we attempt to identify an aggregate stock market effect by comparing the behavior of U.S. common stock prices to that of European stocks and...
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We study the effects of abolishing estate taxation in a quantitative and realistic framework that includes the key … inequality. We use our model to estimate effective estate taxation. We consider various tax instruments to reestablish fiscal … balance when abolishing estate taxation. We find that abolishing estate taxation would not generate large increases in …
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This paper considers an optimal taxation environment where household income is private information, and the government …
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We show that a significant number of households can perform a tax arbitrage by cutting back on their additional mortgage payments and increasing their contributions to tax- deferred accounts (TDA). Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, we show that about 38% of U.S. households that...
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businesses from the negative effects of estate taxation, minimizing the aggregate costs of redistribution. Abolishing the current …
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