The paper aims at empirically investigating the relationship between regulation and the capital structure of the regulated firm, A key aspect of the referred relationship pertains a leverage effect according to which debt could be increased as a response to previous physical capital investment...

Introduction to tax strategy -- Tax law fundamentals -- Returns on alternative savings vehicles -- Choosing the optimal organizational form -- Implicit taxes and clienteles, arbitrage, restrictions, and frictions -- Nontax costs of tax planning -- The importance of marginal tax rates and dynamic...