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Steuerreform und Unternehmensfinanzierung / Tax Reform and Corporate Finance

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  • Eggert Wolfgang

    (Universität Konstanz, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Zentrum für Finanzen und Ökonometrie, D-78457 Konstanz, CESifo und University of Copenhagen)

  • Weichenrieder Alfons J.

    (Vertragsprofessor, Universität Wien, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Informatik, Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Hohenstaufengasse 9, A-1010 Wien, CESifo (Universität München ifo Institut))

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This paper analyzes the change in tax preferences induced by the recent German corporate tax reform. The reform eliminates the imputation system and shifts the system towards a classical corporate tax system. However, financial preferences of corporations are largely unaffected if evaluated from the perspective of shareholders subject to the top marginal tax rate. A similar statement holds for the incentives to carry out share repurchases that in Germany have been allowed only recently. This paper argues that the much-discussed elimination of capital gains taxation for corporations abolishes a tax preference for new equity finance of affiliated corporations.

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  • Eggert Wolfgang & Weichenrieder Alfons J., 2002. "Steuerreform und Unternehmensfinanzierung / Tax Reform and Corporate Finance," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 222(5), pages 531-555, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:222:y:2002:i:5:p:531-555
    DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2002-0503
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