will have no impact on corporate investment decisions. This paper develops econometric tests which distinguish between … these two views of dividend taxation. By extending Tobin's quot;qquot; theory of investment to incorporate taxes at both the … corporate and personal levels, the implications of each view for corporate investment decisions can be derived. The competing …

volume of investment. Its application to the United States economy and the economies of other major OECD nations suggests …

investment has a strong association with growth: over l9&)?l95 each percent of GDP invested in equipment is associated with an … any of the other components of investment. A variety of considerations suggest that this association is causal, that … higher equipment investment drives faster growth, and that the social return to equipment investment in well functioning …

This paper overviews the issues connected with proposals to spur investment using tax incentives. There are four main … investment incentives approach $100 billion. (3) Measures to spur investment are likely to have substantial effects. The lags are … possible to spur investment with only a small revenue cost. It is crucial to take account of the effect of anticipated policy …

's q theory of investment. As Tobin has explained, aggregate investment can be expected to depend in a stable way on q, the … return on physical capital raise its market value and cause increased investment until equilibrium is restored. Although … models linking the stock market to investment have been estimated, they have not previously been used to examine the impact …