To encourage economic development in specific regions and industries, the Chinese Central and local governments offer a series of corporate income tax incentives (tax exemptions, reduced tax rates, tax holidays and tax refunds). In China, parent and subsidiary companies are consolidated for...

"We investigate how the length of the net operating loss carryback period affects corporate liquidity and marginal tax rates. We estimate that extending the carryback period from two to five years, as recently proposed in Presiden Obama's budget blueprint, would provide $19 ($34) billion of...