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The Usual Excess-Burden Approximation Usually Doesn't Come Close

Goulder, Lawrence H. - 1999

from taxes on intermediate inputs or consumer goods, and derives a practical alternative to this formula. We use an … analytically tractable general equilibrium model to reveal how interactions with pre-existing taxes in other markets critically … affect the excess burden of new taxes on intermediate inputs or consumer goods. The usual excess-burden formula ignores these …

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"Tax Sparing" and Direct Investment in Developing Countries

Hines, James R, Jr - 1998

countries with whom Japan has agreements are entitled to claim foreign tax credits for income taxes that they would have paid to …

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Investment Ramifications of Distortionary Tax Subsidies

Hines, James R, Jr - 1998

This paper examines the investment effects of tax subsidies for which some assets and not others are eligible. Distortionary tax subsidies encourage firms to concentrate investments in tax-favored assets profitability of investment and reducing payoffs to bondholders in the event of default....

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Tax Policy and the Activities of Multinational Corporations

Hines, James R, Jr - 1996

choices. While taxes appear to influence a wide range of activity, the literature does not offer many subtle tests designed to …

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Interest Allocation Rules, Financing Patterns, and the Operations of U.S. Multinationals

Froot, Kenneth A. - 1994

This paper examines the impact of the 1986 change in U.S. interest allocation rules on the investment and financing decisions of American multinationals. The 1986 change reduced the tax deductibility of the interest expenses of firms with excess foreign tax credits. The resulting increase in the...

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Tax Policy and International Capital Flows

Feldstein, Martin - 1994

segmentation of the global capital market affects the impact of capital income taxes and subsidies. This is discussed in the final …

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Tax Policy in the 1980s : A Personal View

Feldstein, Martin - 1993

The tax reforms of the 1980s were the most substantial tax changes since the dramatic expansion of personal taxation during World War II. This paper. which was written as part of the NBER project on American economic policy in the 1980s. examines the nature of these changes and discusses the...

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Tax Policies For the 1990's : Personal Saving, Business Investment, and Corporate Debt

Feldstein, Martin - 1989

Although the tax reforms of the 1980s substantially lowered the excess burden caused by high marginal tax rates, there were also significant adverse effects on incentives to save and to invest in business plant and equipment. Effective tax rates on. real capital gains and real net interest...

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Budget Deficits, Tax Incentives and Inflation : A Surprising Lesson From The 1983-84 Recovery

Feldstein, Martin - 1989

The first two years of the economic expansion that began in 1983 were unusually strong and were accompanied by better inflation performance than would have been expected on the basis of experience in past recoveries. Our evidence contradicts the popular view that the recovery was the result of a...

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Tax Policy, Housing Prices, and Housing Investment

Goulder, Lawrence H. - 1989

This paper employs a general equilibrium model to assess the effects of major components of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on the performance of housing and other industries. The model considers both short-term and long-term effects on housing demands, house values, and investment in housing. Model...

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