This paper deals with the effects of tax rate uncertainty on risk-neutral and risk-averse investment behavior. We analyze effects of stochastic tax rates on both real and financial investment. It emerges that under risk neutrality as well as under risk aversion, increased tax rate uncertainty...

This paper deals with the effects of tax rate uncertaity on risk-neutral and risk-averse investment behavior. We analyse effects of stochastic tax rates on both real and financial investment. It emerges that under risk neutrality as well as under risk aversion, increased tax rate uncertainty has...

Effective tax rates (ETRs) are designed to indicate the influence of taxes on investments. Existing ETR models fail to generate ETRs that can be compared to a constant yardstick and to other ETRs. This paper develops a new ETR approach based on neutral tax systems. Integration of neutral...

Zum 1.1.2008 führte die Bundesregierung die begünstigte Besteuerung thesaurierter Gewinne für Einzelunternehmen und Personengesellschaften in Deutschland ein. Eine ähnliche Regelung existiert bereits seit 2004 in Österreich. Dieser Beitrag vergleicht die Investitionswirkungen der beiden...