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The Effect of Expected Effective Corporate Tax Rates on Incremental Financing Decisions

This paper uses U.S. panel data to estimate the effect of expected effective corporate tax rates on the amount of debt issued by firms. The paper directly estimates expected corporate tax rates using rational expectations. The estimated measures of expected effective tax rates of firms are related to a continuous measure of incremental debt financing. The paper finds that expected effective tax rates are significantly and positively related to a higher level of debt financing. Simulations suggest that debt issues would double if firms were unable to shield profits and actually faced the statutory tax rate.

01. December 1997

Authors Reint E. Gropp

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Keywords

USA panel data capital structure corporate tax United States

JEL Classification

G32 H25 H32

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