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Market Valuation of Tax-Timing Options: Evidence from Capital Gains Distributions

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  • J. B. CHAY
  • DOSOUNG CHOI
  • JEFFREY PONTIFF

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We examine a distribution that is taxed as a capital gain rather than as a dividend. Since the distribution induces a realized capital gain while the price change is an unrealized gain, ex-day return behavior provides evidence of the value of tax-timing capital gains. We show that investors are compensated 7� in unrealized gains for each dollar of realized capital gains, that is, $1 of realized capital gains is equivalent to 93� of unrealized gains. An investor with a tax rate on realized gains of 15% has an effective tax rate on unrealized capital gains of 8.6%. Copyright 2006 by The American Finance Association.

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Article provided by American Finance Association in its journal The Journal of Finance.

Volume (Year): 61 (2006)
Issue (Month): 2 (04)
Pages: 837-865

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Handle: RePEc:bla:jfinan:v:61:y:2006:i:2:p:837-865

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  9. Clemens Sialm, 2009. "Tax Changes and Asset Pricing," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 99(4), pages 1356-83, September.

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