We investigate how the length of the net operating loss carryback period affects corporate liquidity and marginal tax … financial industries. Extending the carryback period would increase the marginal tax rate of loss firms by more than 200 basis …

This paper investigates the extent to which loss-offset constraints affect corporate tax incentives. Using data … sector had tax loss carryforwards. When weighted by their market value, however, these firms account for less than three … percent of this sector, suggesting that loss carryforwards are concentrated among small firms and affect relatively few large …