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Tax Loss Carryforwards and Corporate Tax Incentives
Auerbach, Alan J. - 1986
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 …
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On the Persistent Financial Losses of U.S. Airlines : A Preliminary Exploration
Borenstein, Severin - 2011
U.S. airlines have lost nearly $60 billion (2009 dollars) in domestic markets since deregulation, most of it in the last decade. More than 30 years after domestic airline markets were deregulated, the dismal financial record is a puzzle that challenges the economics of deregulation. I examine...
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Locked Up by a Lockup : Valuing Liquidity as a Real Option
Ang, Andrew - 2010
Hedge funds often impose lockups and notice periods to limit the ability of investors to withdraw capital. We model the investor's decision to withdraw capital as a real option and treat lockups and notice periods as exercise restrictions. Our methodology incorporates time-varying probabilities...
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The Effects of the Length of the Tax-Loss Carryback Period on Tax Receipts and Corporate Marginal Tax Rates
Graham, John R. - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463472
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What Happened To The Quants In August 2007? : Evidence from Factors and Transactions Data
Khandani, Amir E. - 2008
During the week of August 6, 2007, a number of quantitative long/short equity hedge funds experienced unprecedented losses. It has been hypothesized that a coordinated deleveraging of similarly constructed portfolios caused this temporary dislocation in the market. Using the simulated returns of...
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Understanding U.S. Corporate Tax Losses
Altshuler, Rosanne - 2008
Recent data present a puzzle: the ratio of corporate tax losses to positive income was much higher around 2001 than in earlier recessions. Using a comprehensive 1982-2005 sample of U.S. corporation tax returns, we explore a variety of potential explanations for this surge in tax losses, taking...
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Slow Moving Capital
Mitchell, Mark - 2007
We study three cases in which specialized arbitrageurs lost significant amounts of capital and, as a result, became liquidity demanders rather than providers. The effects on security markets were large and persistent: Prices dropped relative to fundamentals and the rebound took months. While...
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Piracy on the Silver Screen
Rob, Rafael - 2006
New information technology has reduced marginal production and distribution costs of information goods to negligible levels and promises to revolutionize many industries. Unpaid copies of digital products can be as good as paid first-generation copies, and their availability can undermine the...
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Pay or Pray? The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Attendance
Gruber, Jonathan - 2004
The economic argument for subsidizing charitable giving relies on the positive externalities of charitable activities, particularly from the religious institutions that are the largest recipients of giving. But the net external effects of subsidies to religious giving will also depend on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468319
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Loss Aversion and Seller Behavior : Evidence from the Housing Market
Genesove, David - 2001
Data from downtown Boston in the 1990s show that loss aversion determines seller behavior in the housing market …
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