Hlouskova, Jaroslava; Tsigaris, Panagiotis Demetrios - 2012
This research examines capital income taxation for a loss averse investor under some acceptable in the literature … the attractive full loss offset provisions. However, risk taking can be stimulated if the investor interprets part of the … tax as a loss instead as a reduced gain. Then investor becomes risk seeking and moves away from the discomfort zone of …