Tax regimes treat losses and profits asymmetrically when profits are immediately taxed but losses are not immediately refunded. We find that treating losses less asymmetrically by granting refunds less restrictively increases loss firms' investment: A third of the refund is invested and the rest...

This paper examines the effect of tax incentives in the form of bonus depreciation on the quality of investment. Using the expiration of tax incentives via bonus depreciation in East Germany and a representative panel of West German establishments, we show that bonus depreciation significantly...

Using rich Swedish administrative panel data, we are able to observe and analyze a specific type of tax non-compliance, namely, overstatement of a self-reported dividend allowance that can reduce shareholders' tax liability. Some 3 percent of Swedish owner-managers overstate this allowance...

This paper examines whether tax uncertainty can alter investment decisions, focusing primarily on the timing of large capital investments. We exploit the staggered implementation of a discrete policy change (Schedule UTP) expected to increase tax uncertainty, finding that, on average, firms...