This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurs' personal income tax situations on their capital investment decisions. We examine the income tax returns of a sample of sole proprietors before and after the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and determine how the substantial reductions in marginal tax...

This paper examines the impact of marginal tax rates, which incorporate the earned income tax credit (EITC) as it existed in 1988, on the reporting of income by low-income taxpayers. We generally find that misreported income is not affected by tax rates, except for proprietors. Negative marginal...

This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurs' personal income tax situations on their capital investment decisions. We examine the income tax returns of a sample of sole proprietors before and after the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and determine how the substantial reductions in marginal tax...