This paper exploits the tax rate variation generated by the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001 (which reduced ordinary income tax rates) and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (which reduced capital gains and dividend tax rates) to estimate the effect of...

In this study we use the 2010-2013 Survey of Consumer Finances to analyze the allocation and location of financial assets in categorizing the tax-efficiency of investment portfolios by race/ethnicity. We find that Blacks and Hispanics tend to be more tax-efficient since they invest largely...