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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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We determine the optimal combination of taxes on money, consumption and income in transactions technology models where exogenous government expenditures must be financed with distortionary taxes. We show that the optimal policy does not tax money, regardless of whether the government can use as...
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