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Taxes and Corporate Debt Policy in Canada: An Empirical Investigation

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Pauline M. Shum

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This paper explores the implications of asymmetric corporate taxes for firms' debt policy. The focus is on the effects of two dynamic tax provisions, loss carry-forward and loss carry-back, on net debt issues. An effective tax variable is first estimated using a Tobit framework, accounting for the fact that firms' losses for tax purposes are censored. This effective tax variable and other explanatory factors are employed to explain net debt issues. Heteroskedasticity caused by the 'firm size effect' is also corrected. Using a panel of 128 firms between 1979 and 1989, this paper finds that corporate taxes have significant effects on firms' debt policy.

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Article provided by Canadian Economics Association in its journal Canadian Journal of Economics.

Volume (Year): 29 (1996)
Issue (Month): 3 (August)
Pages: 556-72
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  1. Zyblock, Miles, 1997. "L'effet de levier financier des entreprises : une comparaison entre le Canada et les É.-U., 1961-1996," Direction des études analytiques : documents de recherche 1997111f, Statistics Canada, Direction des études analytiques. [Downloadable!]
  2. Zyblock, Miles, 1997. "Corporate Financial Leverage: A Canada - U.S. Comparison, 1961-1996," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 1997111e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch. [Downloadable!]
  3. Julian Alworth & Giampaolo Arachi, 2001. "The Effect of Taxes on Corporate Financing Decisions: Evidence from a Panel of Italian Firms," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer, vol. 8(4), pages 353-376, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Bartholdy, Jan & Mateus, Cesário, 2006. "Debt and Taxes: Evidence from bank-financed unlisted firms," Finance Research Group Working Papers F-2006-02, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Business Studies. [Downloadable!]
  5. Karl Aarbu & Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, 2003. "Explaining Underutilization of Tax Depreciation Deductions: Empirical Evidence from Norway," Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 229-257, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Michele Bernasconi & Anna Marenzi & Laura Pagani, 2005. "Corporate Financing Decisions and Non-Debt Tax Shields: Evidence from Italian Experiences in the 1990s," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer, vol. 12(6), pages 741-773, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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