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Marginal tax rates under asymmetric taxation

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  • Kruschwitz, Lutz
  • Löffler, Andreas

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This paper attempts to analytically determine the impact a tax shield (marginal tax rate) has on the value of a levered firm assuming that gains and losses are taxed differently. Previous research has done this by employing empirical methods and simulation studies. We are able to present closed-form solutions for two popular financing policies. Our solutions reveal that the marginal tax rate is a function with an order greater than one.

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  • Kruschwitz, Lutz & Löffler, Andreas, 2015. "Marginal tax rates under asymmetric taxation," arqus Discussion Papers in Quantitative Tax Research 191, arqus - Arbeitskreis Quantitative Steuerlehre.
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