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...

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...

Tax uncertainty is often claimed to be harmful for investments. Capital taxes, such as property and wealth taxes, are particularly exposed to tax uncertainty. Capital tax un- certainty emerges from expected tax reforms, the unclear outcome of future tax audits, and simplified estimates of...

Tax uncertainty is often claimed to be harmful for investments. Capital taxes, such as property and wealth taxes, are particularly exposed to tax uncertainty. Capital tax uncertainty emerges from expected tax reforms, the unclear outcome of future tax audits, and simplified estimates of capital...