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, but does not have the same positive effect on non-high tech firms. These results indicate that tax incentives alone may …
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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 … increasing investment quantity, as shown by prior literature, tax incentives such as bonus depreciation substantially reduce the …
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Prior studies that examine the effect of managerial incentives on investment or misreporting decisions typically hold … types of incentives likely depend on firm characteristics that create opportunities to respond to those incentives. Using … year-end tax expense manipulations as our setting, we examine the extent to which equity incentives, firm characteristics …
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managers' incentives to invest in tax avoidance schemes that facilitate rent extraction. The second explanation predicts that …
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We use a change in Canadian tax law to examine how small private firms respond to the R&D tax credit. Our estimates imply an R&D user-cost elasticity above unity. Contract R&D expenditures are more elastic than the R&D wage bill. Firms that perform contract research or recently invested in R&D...
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I estimate the impacts of recently-popular U.S. state film incentives on filming location, film industry employment …, wages, and establishments, and spillover impacts on related industries. I compile a detailed database of incentives … outcomes in states before and after they adopt incentives, relative to similar states that did not adopt incentives over the …
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Interpretation of fiscal statutes, as contrasted from interpretation of other enactments, is a nuanced task as a variety of additional considerations apply. Jurisprudential survey reveals that the complexity is accentuated when subordinate fiscal legislation particularly those relating to...
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We examine whether VC-backed startups respond to R&D tax incentives by attempting to scale R&D activities through … of higher quality, but also subsequently file more patents with new inventors. Our findings reveal that tax incentives …
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This paper analyzes the role of Tax Incentives in promoting investment, their effectiveness and their revenue and other … existing literature on the subject and country experience with Incentives, the paper then examines the role of Investment … Climate on the effectiveness of Incentives. Using cross-country data the paper finds that fiscal Incentives are particularly …
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Using an agency model of firm behavior, the paper analyzes whether the cost of investment should be tax exempt. The findings suggest that, when managers engage in wasteful capital expenditures, welfare may decline if the cost of investment is tax deductible, as commonly advocated. The extent to...
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