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This paper characterizes the dynamic effects of shocks in government spending and taxes on economic activity in the … the automatic response of taxes and spending to activity, and, by implication, to infer fiscal shocks. The results … negative effect. The multipliers for both spending and tax shocks are typically small. Turning to the effects of taxes and …
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We study how tax policies that lower the cost of capital impact investment and labor demand. Difference-in-differences estimates using confidential US Census Data on manufacturing establishments show that tax policies increased both investment and employment, but did not lead to wage or...
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In contrast to the conventional wisdom, real estate activity in the aggregate is not disfavored by the 1986 Tax Act. Within the broad aggregate, however, widely different impacts are to be expected. Regular rental and commercial activity will be slightly disfavored, while historic and old...
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Windfall profits and losses accrue to investors only when expected after-tax returns or discount rates change, and major tax policy shifts are likely to alter these variables. This study introduces a cashflow valuation model for estimating the windfalls to owners of U.S. nonfinancial...
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loss of deductibility of property taxes -- on owner-occupied housing in the aggregate. However, this housing will generally …
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incentives and marginal tax rates would tend to lower before-tax interest rates, and lower taxes on existing corporate capital …
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maximizing the property's depreciation tax shelter net of all capital gain taxes and transaction costs.This paper develops a …
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aggregate saving, real pretax interest rates rise by nearly two percentage points. Corporate profit taxes decline by 60 percent …
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Since 2002, the US government has encouraged business investment using accelerated depreciation policies that significantly reduce investment costs. We provide the first in-depth analysis of this stimulus on employment and earnings. Our local labor markets approach exploits cross-industry...
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2011 from the State Taxation Administration. We first document the importance of different business taxes across industries …. While corporate income taxes play an important role for manufacturing firms, these firms also remit a large share of their … tax payments through the value-added tax system, through the excise tax system and through payroll taxes. Gross receipts …
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