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persistent effect on subsequent employment and income. After initial periods with a higher incidence of sick leave, treated … treated workers, who manage to stay in employment, incur persistent income losses. The effects are stronger for sub-groups of …
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in the US. We challenge the long-held belief that BN primarily affects high income White teenagers, using a unique data …; as are girls from low income families compared to middle and high income families. We use another data set to show that … who is diagnosed with an eating disorder is in accord with popular beliefs, suggesting that African American and low-income …
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. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters … strong correlation between income and political information, Congress representatives vote more conservatively, which is also …
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This paper examines the characteristics of firms that voluntarily provide interim financial reports. Based on a sample of Swiss companies, where semi-annual reports became mandatory in 1997, I document that before interim reports became mandatory, analyst coverage, i.e. analysts’ demand for...
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This paper reconsiders Sinn's (1991) nucleus theory of the corporation by comparing two different regimes for the equity trap. In the first of these, all cash paid to the shareholders is taxed as dividends, in the second, shareholders are allowed a tax-free return of capital contributed through...
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This paper analyzes the economic effects of different income splitting rules for closely held corporations and sole … proprietorships/partnerships in a tax system with a dual income tax. We conclude that the tax rules for closed corporations offer … for sole proprietorships/partnerships, because the income-splitting rules both neutralize the impact of the high labor …
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Under the Nordic dual income tax system, the taxpayer's total tax bill depends not only on his total income but also on … the division of that income between capital income and labor income. This has created new room for tax avoidance …, especially for active owners of (closed) corporations. For that reason the Nordic governments have enacted special income …
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This paper presents a comprehensive overview of existing methods of mitigating double taxation of corporate income …
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This paper reconsiders the effects of dividend taxation. Particular attention is paid to the form of the 'equity trap', that is, the extent to which cash paid to the shareholders must be taxed as dividends. Our analysis shows that Sinn's (1991) criticism of the well-known King and Fullerton...
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