Recent research on business investment decisions suggests that real investment in plant and equipment is quite sensitive to changes in the user cost of capital, pointing to the possibility that long-run changes in tax policy may have a significant impact on an economy's capital stock. Indeed,...

Using data on the prices of capital goods, this paper shows that much of the benefit of" investment tax incentives does not go to investing firms but rather to capital suppliers through" higher prices. The reduction in the cost of capital from a 10 percent investment tax credit" increases...

Using data on the prices of capital goods, this paper shows that much of the benefit ofquot; investment tax incentives does not go to investing firms but rather to capital suppliers throughquot; higher prices. The reduction in the cost of capital from a 10 percent investment tax creditquot;...