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Tax Elasticity Estimates for Capital Stocks

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  • Fatih Yilmaz
  • Jean-Francois Wen

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We use panel cointegration techniques to estimate the long-run user cost elasticity of capital (UCE) in a small open economy. The estimates exploit three sources of variation in Canadian tax policy: across provinces, industries, and years. The UCE is estimated to be between -1.1 and -1.3 for machinery and equipment. We also provide semi-elasticities of capital with respect to marginal effective tax rates (METR). Our construction of the user costs makes use of a detailed data set on federal and provincial tax policy variables.

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  • Fatih Yilmaz & Jean-Francois Wen, 2019. "Tax Elasticity Estimates for Capital Stocks," Working Papers 1901, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
    • Handle: RePEc:tcb:wpaper:1901
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    Keywords

    Capital taxation; User cost of capital elasticy; Marginal effective tax rate;
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    JEL classification:

    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm

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