Agarwal, Vikas; Chen, Gary; Shi, Zhen; Wang, Bin - 2021
We find a negative relation between hedge fund manager’s personal income tax rates and fund performance. Using changes … in tax deferral regulation or state-level tax rates suggest causality in the tax-performance relation. Managers are less … disincentivizing managers to engage in more demanding acquisition and processing of information. However, higher incentives from …