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Taxation and Corporate Debt: Are Banks Any Different?

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  • Jost H. Heckemeyer
  • Ruud A. de Mooij

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Variation in the responsiveness of firms to corporate tax incentives toward debt finance is important for understanding the presumed effects of the debt bias on macro-financial stability. This holds especially for the difference in responsiveness between banks and non-banks. Using a large cross-country micro panel of consolidated firm accounts, we find relatively large responses for the biggest non-financial companies, although these effects are less pronounced as conditional leverage ratios increase. The smallest effects are found for large banks. Results are largely robust for attenuation bias.

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  • Jost H. Heckemeyer & Ruud A. de Mooij, 2017. "Taxation and Corporate Debt: Are Banks Any Different?," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 70(1), pages 53-76, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:70:y:2017:i:1:p:53-76
    DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2017.1.02
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    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies

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